Put the /db on a separate server

Hi:
 I am using Xindice 1.1.3. Currently, the xindice installs the /db under
tomcat's webapp dir. However, we are wondering whether we can have two
machines. One is application server, which is running the tomcat, and
the other machine is the database server, which will be running the
xindice and holds all the data. We want to write jsp/servlet on the
application server, to retrieve data from the xindice on the database
server. How should I configure.

  Thanks.

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Yue(Eric) Zhang
Database Analyst/DBA, TAPoR Project
Arts Department, University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, Canada