WebSphere Application Server V7.0: Concepts ... - IBM Redbooks

Some of the benefits of WebSphere Extended Deployment are as follows:
► Provides virtualization capabilities that can dynamically match available
resources to changing workload demands. It enables more efficient resource
use as well as improved application performance and scalability.
► Features virtualization, and workload and health management for the
following application environments:
– PHP
– BEA WebLogic
– JBoss
– Apache Tomcat
– WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
► Offers enhanced capabilities in job scheduling, monitoring, and management
for batch-type workloads.
► Delivers customizable health policies and actions to help enhance
manageability.
► Supports innovative and highly scalable data fabrics to accelerate
data-intensive application performance.
For more information about WebSphere Extended Deployment, see the following
Web page:
http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/extend/
1.5.3 Rational Application Developer Assembly and Deploy V7.5
In WebSphere Application Server V7.0, Rational Application Developer
Assembly and Deploy V7.5 replaces the Application Server Toolkit (AST) function
provided with WebSphere Application Server V6.1. This Eclipse-based
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) expands on the functions provided in
the Application Server Toolkit with Java EE 5 and is a subset of Rational
Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.5. Rational Application
Developer Assembly and Deploy is fully licensed and supported with the
WebSphere Application Server license.
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