On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 11:02, Jim C wrote: > I've been reading Linux Journal and I am getting confused over a couple > of references. > > What are they talking about when they use the phrase "application > server". This could be the server portion of a client-server app or it > could be a system that exports /usr/bin mounted as a share etc. >
Gotta think enterprise, baby :-) Three tier web site, minimum six servers, tiers are: Presentation -- Apache with mod_proxy and mod_ssl, basically. Dumb box that just handles making it look purty and scale. Intelligence -- This is the application server. The part that does all the heavy lifting, creating web pages, producing an insurance quote, formulating your query and screening the results... Storage -- A database cluster, maybe with some external storage too. > What is a Content Management System (CMS). Isn't this something similar > to CVS? > No. It's a publishing system essentially -- nice bells and whistles might include document aging, format/language translation, and workflow. > Jim C. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
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