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Secure Perfect 6.1.1 User Manual 13
Introduction to SP Editions
Welcome
Reference Topics:
What's New?
Client/Server Architecture
Related Documentation
Getting Started
Welcome to Secure Perfect!
Secure Perfect Editions is a multi-edition offering of Integrated Secure Management Software designed
on Microsoft Windows technology. Secure Perfect Editions provide full security management functions
including access control, intrusion zone control, alarm monitoring, reporting, photo ID badging, and CCTV
interfaces as standard features. Secure Perfect Editions also offers integrated system options that
include digital video surveillance and Web-based reporting.
Throughout this Help system, reference to Secure Perfect is represented as "SP" in text content to
avoid repetition where the product name and/or version may have already been established.
SP Global Edition: SQL Server 2000 Replication services are used to distribute the data from a Global
Server to Regional Servers. Secure Perfect installation creates the necessary components for a
replicated system, configuring publications and subscriptions at each level. The Global Database Server
is the ‘main’ Secure Perfect database server. The term ‘main’ as used in this context means that the
Global Database Server acts as a hub for all replication activity. This Global Server hosts a Distributor
whose role is to store history and miscellaneous information about merge replication. When the
Distributor is created on a database, it generates its own database to store information. Once publishing
is enabled on the Global Server, it is able to control and monitor publications and subscriptions as well as
the starting and stopping of replication agents. Regional Database Servers act as ‘client’ database
servers. They have the ability to subscribe to publications located on the Global Server. These Regional
Servers operate independent of the Global Server for a period of time as necessary. Subscriptions are
‘pushed’ to each Regional Server by the Global Server. This means that the Regional Servers are not
required to request updated data from the Global Server, because updates are periodically supplied to
Regional Servers according to a set schedule. Replication intervals are configurable through SQL Server
Enterprise Manager user interface. Data is continually synchronized by implementing this customized
replication configuration. Refer to the Secure Perfect Installation Guide for a terminology list and
complete description of this feature. Also refer to
Global Edition Regional Configuration Rules and
Replication and Synchronization Conflicts in this Help file.
SP Enterprise Edition is licensed for Windows 2000/2003 Standard Edition Server as the operating
system and SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition as the database. SP Enterprise Edition is designed for
mid to large-sized systems with capacity requirements of up to 25 client workstations, 256 micros, and
4,096 readers.
Cluster technology selections in this Enterprise-level installation provide new architecting options.
SP Professional Edition is licensed for Windows 2000 Professional Server or XP Professional Server as
the operating system and SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) as the database. SP Professional
Edition is designed for small to mid-sized systems with capacity requirements of up to 5 client
workstations, 32 micros, and 256 readers.
eZ Edition is licensed for Windows 2000 Professional Server or XP Professional Server as the operating
system and SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) as the database. eZ Edition is designed for small
systems with capacity requirements of 5 client workstations, 32 micros (PX-2000 Series ONLY), and 128
readers.
This Help system provides information for system administrators to configure and operate the SP Editions
software.