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= Client/Server

{brandname} offers two alternative access methods:

* Embedded mode: The {brandname} libraries co-exist with the user application in the same JVM as shown in the following diagram

image::server_modules_1.png[align="center", title="Peer-to-peer access"]

* Client-server mode: When applications access the data stored in a remote {brandname} server using some kind of network protocol.
