Client workstations

Client workstations run the Global Name Management client end-user and client-side applications.

The IBM® WebSphere® Application Server machine hosts the WebSphere Application Server instance of the IBM NameWorks web service. The minimal requirements to support WebSphere Application Server are included in the product package. Physical hardware requirements for client workstations vary for each of the two application types:

End-user applications

Physical hardware requirements vary for end-user applications. These requirements are entirely dependent on how the end-user application is designed to function. Each end-user application has its own set of requirements that are dependent not only on the resources that the component APIs or the IBM NameWorks package use, but also depend on the other functions that the application performs.

Client-side applications

Because processing occurs on the server machine, physical hardware requirements for client-side applications that communicate with server applications are minimal. These applications provide the ability to support the communication protocol (TCP/IP or Web services) that connects with the associated server process, as well as the ability to produce messages that are expected by the target server process, such as XML messages and Web service requests.