  Introduction to running WebSphere Application Server on System p and AIXThere are many IBM Redbooks publications available that focus on System p and AIX systems engineering. Those books are written for hardware specialists, system specialists, system architects, and operating system-level system administrators. There are also many Redbooks that focus on various aspects of the IBM WebSphere Application Server platform. Those books are written for application developers, J2EE software engineers, and application-level administrators. This book is different. In it, we present a whole systems viewpoint, focused specifically on end-to-end system deployment, tuning, and management methods for environments running WebSphere Application Server loads on System p and AIX. Thus, in this book we bridge the gap between two different technical audiences, namely hardware and operating system administrators, and WebSphere Application Server application software engineers. We acknowledge that in a typical enterprise environment, each of these technical audiences will work closely together but still have different perspectives and responsibilities. But, the ultimate measure of how well an enterprise is leveraging its investments in WebSphere Application Server running on System p and AIX will depend on how well the overall system architects understand how to leverage the unique strengths of each product, together. So, we begin this book with a clarification of "points of view". |