40 Lotus LearningSpace R5.01 Deployment Guide
4.1 Core server
The LearningSpace Core component contains the core product software and is
the entry point for all LearningSpace users. Every LearningSpace installation
uses at least one Core component; it is a required element. It may run on its own
machine or may share a machine with other applications, with resulting
implications for performance. You may also use multiple Core components
running on separate servers in order to balance user load. The core component
handles connections to the relational database, to browsers, to e-mail servers,
and to the LearningSpace Collaboration component.
The Core software must be run on a Windows server, either Windows NT4,
Windows 2000, or Windows 2000 Advanced ...