[MonetDB-users] New to MonetDB

Hello I am new to monetDB. I have a few questions about using MonetDB in embedded environment. I read in the embedded server page that only client is allowed to connect to the embedded server. 1. Does this mean I can not have multiple processes accessing the same database? 2. Can multiple threads with in the same process access the same database? 3. in the in-memory embedded environment, is there a way to save the data before the system shutdown? So that when the system starts, I can automatically populate the database to the previous state? Thank you for your help in advance Shankar