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The configuration stored in either the Config directory of the database is configuration that is common to all versions of an implementation of DELFT-FEWS for a particular forecasting system. In the live system situation the contents of the database will be synchronised between all operator clients and forecasting shell servers in the system, and is therefore expected to be identical in all parts of the system.
Besides this configuration that is synchronised, there is also a small set of XML files referred to as the root configuration files. These may be unique to each operator client and/or forecasting shell server. This root configuration is required to identify for example if the particular instance of DELFT-FEWS is operating in stand-alone mode or as an operator client, and for the latter cases information such as IP-addresses for the Master Controller the operator client should log on to. These root configuration files are always used from the file system. They have no effect on the hydrological configuration and are normally not changed during configuration of the forecasting system side of DELFT-FEWS.
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