Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.2

Sun Java System Application Server (Application Server) provides a J2EE compatible platform for developing and delivering server-side Java applications and web services. Key features include scalable transaction management, container-managed persistence runtime, web services performance, clustering, high availability session state, security, and integration capabilities.

Application Server includes the following subcomponents:

• Domain Administration Server. Provides server-side administration functions, such as managing and configuring Application Server and deploying J2EE components and applications.

• Application Server Node Agent. A lightweight process that runs on every machine that hosts server instances and performs a number of administrative tasks, including stopping, starting, and restarting server instances.

• Command Line Administration Tool. Provides command-line administration clients that enable you to manage and configure Application Server installations and hosted applications. The tool also assists with deploying applications.

• Load Balancing Plug-in. Used to evenly distribute the workload among multiple Application Server instances (either stand-alone or clustered), thereby increasing the overall throughput of the system. Also used to enable requests to fail over from one server instance to another.

• Sample Applications. Installed with the full installation of Application Server.