The RAS server provides the services for building and customizing reports. This component uses the Crystal Report Engine (CRPE) to handle end-user requests, edit report properties, retrieve data from the back-end database, and save the results to a Crystal Enterprise folder. Another way to think of it is the RAS server is the back-end component that does the actual report manipulation.
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Just like all other Crystal Enterprise servers, it’s possible to have multiple RAS servers registered with the framework—the report requests would be shared, or load-balanced, across different servers.