Merchandising resides on the asset management server, along with ATG Content Administration.
By default, the ATG Content Administration environment includes a production deployment target; it can be configured to include a staging target.
The following diagram shows the Merchandising deployment architecture for a production deployment target.
![This illustration is described in the preceding text.](media/image3.png)
The following diagram shows the deployment architecture for staging and production targets.
![This illustration is described in the preceding text.](media/image4.png)