Region Databases

A region database maintains the operating details for the region.

Each region in your installation has a corresponding Microsoft SQL Server or Server Express database. That is, a separate database is created for each region that you configure. Within your installation, these databases can run either in the same SQL Server instance, or on a scaled-out installation, in different SQL Server instances running on different machines.

A region database maintains details of:

• the sessions running in the region
• the request queue
• resource definitions
• transaction classes
• any resource locks that are applied
• console messages
• scheduled tasks, that is tasks that are scheduled using the START API

You can also locate the applications that the region uses in the region database. For example, map files and assemblies.