Large and widely distributed organizations often require more than one QDB because of the number of computers being managed, the distribution of computers on the network, or the amount of data they collect. Using multiple QDBs, however, increases the complexity of managing your environment and the burden on the administrative staff in performing routine tasks. If you need to use multiple QDBs, you can:
Manage each site independently, with each site responsible for deciding its own monitoring, event-handling, and data-handling policies and managing its own QDB.
Manage computers, jobs, events, and data collection for some or all of the sites from a single, central location using Control Center.
Depending on the structure and policies of your organization, there are benefits and drawbacks to either approach for managing multiple sites. In general, however, the first option works best for decentralized organizations with distinct functional or departmental units. For organizations that require centralized and standardized IT management across sites, the second approach provides the administrator with a single console for managing computer groups, monitoring policies, events, and data across multiple QDBs. For more information about Control Center, see the Control Center User Guide for AppManager, available on the AppManager Documentation page.