Scenario A: Basic client-server configuration

Scenario A is an installation on a single computer, plus client workstations. There are no provisions for high availability. This configuration can be used quite successfully for deployment systems.

A small retail chain wants to integrate its forecasting, distribution, replenishment, and inventory management processes. As part of the integration, they want to migrate financial reporting data from several systems to a single system of record. They decide to create two separate IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server installations: a small development system where they build and test projects and jobs, and a larger production system (see Scenario B: Isolated engine tier and parallel engine configuration). For the development system, a simple topology can be used where a single server with a storage mechanism (Host1 in the following diagram) services five client workstations.