The client/server version of EDM2000 uses the well established Advantage Database Server.  The Advantage Database Server is a scalable, high performance client/server RDBMS for networked, stand-alone, Internet and mobile database applications. The Advantage Database Server supports the Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux and NetWare operating systems.

• Flexibility of data access - via either native relational SQL or direct navigational database commands
• High performance database engine making use of optimized data access and locking algorithms
• Complete referential integrity support including primary/foreign key definition and cascaded updates and deletes
• Full server-based transaction processing  - eliminates database corruption, drastically reducing support costs
• Database security and encryption support
• Fully scalable from local, to peer-to-peer, to client/server environments - with one set of source code
• Eliminates cost of ongoing administration—no database administrator required
• Fast and easy to install using existing network file system and hardware
• Protects database applications against network failure and user error through a centralized storage management system