The ELiMS® Local Host acts as a primary domain controller, database server and backup server. The local host helps to administer the RF stations as a single group in the local network.

The local host holds database that accessed by each of the RF stations and records all the transaction history carry out in the branch. It also controls various system parameters and hardware parameters and captures the real time status of the RF stations and alerts the administrators through the System Admin Station.

Local host runs the ELiMS® library management software, which fully integrate each ELiMS® components with the central database. Each process, for example a patron returns a book, will be captured by the local host and instantaneously updated to the central database. Patron thus can immediately borrow again in any library. All transactions are backup into this local host.

Sited in the library itself, the local host is used as a back-up solution when the central host is down. In normal operation, the local host operates on-line with the central host. However, in the event when the central host fails to operate, the local host will automatically work offline on standalone mode. Data captures from each process in the library will be stored in the local host until the central host resumes its normal operation. The local host carries out decision-making. This will ensure that library operations will not be disrupted and no data could be lost along the way.

For smaller libraries that do not require central host, this local host could be used as the database server. Alternatively, ELiMS® library management software could be installed and integrated with the existing database server.

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