# About this guide

For general information about the Derby documentation, such as a complete list of books, conventions, and further reading, see Getting Started with Derby.

For more information about Derby, visit the Derby website at http://db.apache.org/derby. The website provides pointers to the Derby Wiki and other resources, such as the derby-users mailing list, where you can ask questions about issues not covered in the documentation.

- Purpose of this guide
  This guide explains how to use Derby in a multiple-client environment. It also provides information that a server administrator might need to keep Derby running with a high level of performance and reliability in a server framework or in a multiple-client application server environment.
- Audience
  This guide has two parts, each for a different audience.
- How this guide is organized
  This guide describes how to run and manage the Derby network server.