Enterprise software systems must be designed to meet any transactional load imposed upon them through the addition of multiple hardware elements server side. The elegance with which this can be done dictates the scalability of the system. Aegis leads the industry by implementing the absolute most advanced methodologies available for supporting unlimited back-end scalability for any loading. This technology enables support of massive multi-user deployments and MES systems with vast numbers of real-time data collection points. We invite you to explore how Aegis engineered scalability into its information platform from the ground-up.


 

MULTI-TIER ARCHITECTURE

The Aegis web-centric information platform is comprised of several distinct layers with clearly defined demarcation points. These layers permit the distribution of the data storage, business logic, web services, and web server layers across multiple physical servers. The stateless design of all business logic objects and web services allows load balancing hardware to distribute web requests across unlimited numbers of web servers and business logic servers. This presents the customer unlimited deployment options, and no limit to transactional volume capacity.

In addition to load handling, the multi-tier architecture has benefits related to third-party integration and platform independence. Third party integrators may access the data directly from the data storage layer, which would be Oracle or SQL Server. However, for safer and more elegant functional and data integration, information requests may be made directly to the web services layer using XML/SOAP, protecting integrators from future data structure changes.

The multi-tier design also includes an intermediary “data manager” layer between the data access drivers and the business logic. This layer compensates for different database dialects and allows data server platform independence. Aegis supports data servers on Windows, Linux, IBM AIX, SUN Solaris, and Unix servers and operating systems. This compatibility is supported without requiring changes or installing new Aegis software.

HARDWARE DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS

Aegis products can be deployed in a great variety of ways. Smaller deployments may place all server-side components on a single physical server. Medium deployments may separate the web server and business logic components onto one server, and the database onto another.

Large deployments have configured systems with load balancers at the front of arrays of web servers, which contain redundant business logic components. These servers then access a mirrored physical server containing the data server, which then accesses an array of redundant physical devices for storage.

The architecture allows nearly limitless permutations of these deployments from the simplest to the most advanced.