That clears that, thanks. _____ From: Newman, Phil [mailto:Phil.Newman@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:44 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Datastore The DC in this situation is a direct conntion to the SQL Database - they are not one and the same. _____ From: Schneider, Chad M [mailto:CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 July 2004 14:29 To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Datastore I have a dedicated Data Collector, which was the first server in my farm. My datastore is on a SQL server, but I understand that this DC is also technically my datastore. I have a new machine I want to make a DC, which is easy, but how do I also make sure it acts as the Datastore, and does the communication to the SQL DB, rather than the current DC/DS server? Chad