Application Server Standards for ITSS Bruce Vincent ITSS

Application Server Standards for ITSS Bruce Vincent, ITSS Technology Strategist 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

Application Server Standard The best fit for Stanford University is. . . IBM Web. Sphere APRIL FOOLS!!! 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

Application Server Characteristics • Application Servers are a class of server platforms that allow remote invocations of program execution. • Stanford University web (multi-tiered) applications will continue to be based on J 2 EE specification. 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

J 2 EE App Servers in ITSS 4/1/2003 Product Manufacturer OAS Oracle JRun Macromedia Tomcat Apache. org JBoss. org Web. Logic BEA Application Server Standards

Motivations to Standardize • • • Reduction in support complexity Reduction in support costs Increased control of design and security Increased depth of understanding Code portability 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

Keep It Simple. . . • Stick to the Java Servlet API, JSP’s, and JDBC • Write Portable Code • Use of EJB Technology Restricted 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

Product Selection • Tomcat for Servlet and JSP [reference implementation of these standards] • Web. Logic for EJB [recommendation is for projects requiring Beans to add on-going support costs] • Other application servers only used when systems require and at cost to project for support. 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards

Support Model Implications • ITSS to Maintain Standard Build(s) • Use of OSS Contributor and User Communities • Consider Support Vendors 4/1/2003 Application Server Standards