Architecture of the Content Server 

The SAP Content Server consists of the following components:

The basis of the SAP Content Server is the content server engine. The engine is either implemented as an ISAPI extension on the Microsoft Internet Information Server, or as a server module for the Apache Web Servert.

The engine receives all URLs, checks their validity, and triggers the processing of requests.

The SAP Content Server saves data either in the Database Instance or in the file system. However, the content server engine does not communicate directly with the storage medium. It uses special adapters known as storage drivers. Storage drivers hide the specific access mechanisms of the storage medium behind a consistent, bytestream-oriented interface. This makes it possible to support several storage mediums using only one server engine.