Architecture of the SAP Content Server

Use

The SAP Content Server consists of the following components:

The basis of the SAP Content Server is the Content Server Engine. The engine is implemented as an ISAPI extension in Microsoft Internet Information Server.

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

The SAP Content Server saves data to the Database Instance. However, the Content Server engine does not communicate directly with the database instance. It uses an adapter known as the content storage layer. The storage layer hides the specific access mechanisms of the storage medium behind a consistent, bytestream-oriented interface. This means that one server engine can support several storage media. Only the storage layer has to be implemented every time.

In the case of the SAP Content Server, the storage layer uses the client driver to access the database instance. The database instance administrates the individual repository tables in which the documents are stored.