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Sometimes it is advantageous to have a single SCHEDULE database across all systems in the network even though they are not in the same management domain.
A Peer-to-peer configuration is where each system has its own SCHEDULE database and on occasion needs to synchronize jobs between these systems. This mode allows each system to do most of its own work without regard to the up/down status of the other members of the network. A network request will wait for the remote node to become accessible before completing.
A Satellite-Central configuration is where a system is defined as the repository of the central SCHEDULE database. All other nodes in the network indicate that the database is located on this central node.
In this mode the central system must be up and accessible for any scheduling activity to be performed on a remote node. This mode is generally used in an environment with a large central cluster and many standalone workstations that are connected to a common network. The workstations are too small to merit a full SCHEDULE set up but certain jobs need to be periodically run on those systems.