Meister Remote Build Servers 

Remote Build Server enhance the build to release processes by allowing tasks in the Workflow, such as builds, to be distributed across multiple machines and operating systems.   Remote Build Server can be used to support distributed builds,  parallel builds, multi-platform builds, multi-language builds and dedicated builds.

A distributed build is one in which individual steps in the Workflow are sent to be executed on multiple machines.  In doing this you are able to leverage more machine power instead of attempting to run the entire Workflow on a single machine.

Remote Build Servers also support parallel builds.  A Parallel build executes Workflows for each unique stage of the development lifecycle including continuous integration builds for developers, pre-production builds for testers and emergency builds for production control. A Remote Build Server can be configured to execute builds according to the location that the binaries will be distributed. 

Workflows can be configured to call Remote Build Servers that are  running different operating systems and languages.  This allows you to execute a Workflow that builds the application across multiple operating systems or build specific components of the application on the appropriate machine.   For example, a Workflow that needs to build Windows .Net components as well as AIX Oracle back-end components would use two Remote Build Servers one for Windows and one for AIX. 

Remote Build Servers can also be used as 'dedicated build machines'.  A dedicated “Build Machine” is often bigger and faster than a regular desktop machine.  The dedicated build machine would be configured as a Remote Build Server in which Workflows could be executed in order to improve the workflow processing.