The diagram in this section shows the recommended server architecture for a multiple application environment running on Oracle Commerce Platform 11.2.

As discussed in the Introduction, the recommended approach in Oracle Commerce for adding product catalog search features to your sites is to use Oracle Commerce Guided Search. If your installation includes Commerce Service Center, you can use Guided Search for catalog searching, but you are required to use Database Full Text Search for customer orders and profiles. This configuration is shown in the diagram below.