118 WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Feature Pack 2 Search Solution Overview and Deployment
Figure 6-2 on page 117 shows the software components that are related to the WebSphere
Commerce product, WebSphere Application Server product, and Apache Solr product.
The web server is the first point of contact with the customer and the incoming HTTP search
requests for the e-commerce application. To interface efficiently with the WebSphere
Application Server, the web server uses the WebSphere Application Server plug-in to
manage the connections between the two components.
The WebSphere Commerce Server runs within the WebSphere Application Server. The
database server holds the data of most of the applications, including the catalog data, product
data, and custo ...