The OpenROAD Server can access SQL database services provided by the Ingres Server or other databases using the Enterprise Access server. The databases that the Enterprise Access Server supports include Oracle, IBM UDB, and Microsoft SQL Server.

The OpenROAD Server allows a single database session to be shared by tens to hundreds of concurrent OpenROAD Server clients. This greatly increases the scalability and performance of the client applications by eliminating the overhead associated with the more traditional client/server operation.