Hub (with development)
In some special cases, it may be impossible to deploy the IW_BEP (or SAP_GWFND) component to the backend system, due to restrictive policies, or even system incompatibility. In such situations, the hub variant can be modified by transferring the processing logic to the frontend server and calling the backend system with backward-compatible methods (for example, RFC calls). This modification keeps the security and load-reduction benefits, but requires a bigger development and maintenance effort, as the frontend server is not aware of the backend's dictionary entries, which must be in sync.
Regardless of the deployment variant selected, the core functionality of SAP Gateway are services that use the OData protocol. The ...
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