0041 Server Purposes¶
The server purpose classifications allow more detail about the type of middleware software that are embedded in an instance of ITInfrastructure
. Typically these classifications are used with SoftwareServerPlatform
s and SoftwareServer
s.
ServerPurpose¶
ServerPurpose
provides a common base type for the server purposes. The deployedImplementationType
identifies the software that supports this purpose - it could be a product or open source project name.
The subtypes of the ServerPurpose
classification are:
ApplicationServer
- hosting application logic.Webserver
- hosting endpoint for HTTP requests.DatabaseServer
- hosting a database management system (DBMS).IntegrationServer
- hosting data movement processes.MetadataServer
- manages and stores a collection of metadata.RepositoryProxy
- Acts as an adapter for a metadata server, translating requests between different APIs, formats and protocols.StewardshipServer
- hosting stewardship processes.GovernanceDaemon
- hosting automated governance processing.