What are General Capabilities in Gateway Tier?
Seamless Interface -- an Enterprise JavaBean which processes input from user’s Java Applet interface and maps user generic commands to those on specific machine
- Uses agents to determine optimal execution platform
- Accounting, Security, Compiling Interface, Seamless Tools Interface, global data and file system interface
Resource management of heterogeneous MPP backend (linked to seamless interface)
Database and Object Brokers; Network servers like Netsolve
Collaboration Servers including Habanero, Tango, Lotus Notes …
“Business Logic” to map user data view (e.g. objects) to persistent store (e.g. Oracle database) and simulation engine (MPP) preferred format