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In traditional WebSphere Application Server environments, applications are deployed directly
to servers or a static cluster of servers that are running on specific hardware systems
(nodes). When the server starts, the application starts. A peak load on one system cannot
take advantage of resources that are sitting idle on another system.
With Intelligent Management, applications are mapped to dynamic clusters that are spread
throughout hardware pools. Each node in the dynamic cluster can run on one or more
instances of an application server. The server can be started to accommodate the demand for
that application, which is called
dynamic application placement.
5.3.1 Key components of dynamic operations