How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, Product Concepts Explains important features of Application ServerEnterprise Edition.

Chapter 2, Planning your DeploymentDescribes critical elements to keep in mind when designing an environment in which the Application Server resides.

Chapter 3, Selecting a Topology Explains the factors involved in arranging machines, application server instances, and HADB nodes in a production environment.

Chapter 4, Checklist for DeploymentLists the important tasks to review prior to running a production environment using Application Server.