Consider the system architecture and requirements when you plan your content federation system.
The following graphic shows the major components of an installed IBM® FileNet® Content Manager environment that uses IBM FileNet CFS for Content Integrator.
Each external repository requires a unique fixed content device, a unique fixed storage area, and a unique Federator database.
The master Federator database is the first database that you create when you install IBM FileNet CFS for Content Integrator. Each additional repository added to the system requires an additional database.