IBM SG24-6320-00 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Keeping Commerce Applications Updated WebSphere Commerce 5.1 to 5.6 Migration Guide
4.1  Commerce application 
CarrotInk.com is an Internet-based retailer of inkjet printer cartridges and 
supplies. CarrotInk.com sells after-market and OEM brand printer supplies. The 
company supplies as many as 400 individual cartridge types, supporting 
thousands of different printer models. Before migrating to WebSphere 
Commerce Suite V5.1, the original site contained more than 800 static HTML 
pages. The pages were managed manually and the need to upgrade to a new 
system became prevalent.
Carrot Ink needed a solution that would provide easy maintenance of the product 
catalog and Web site design. Another issue was that customers could not 
register with the site and store billing and shipping information, therefore no order 
history was provided to the customer.
The solution was to migrate the existing site to WebSphere Commerce Suite 
V5.1. The products catalog is now easier to update, the site look and feel is 
easier to update, and the performance of the site is excellent. Back-end 
integration has been facilitated, helping Carrot Ink to process and fulfill more 
orders. 
This section gives an overview of the application environment of the commerce 
application.
4.1.1  Application environment
The application environment has been implemented as two node which consists 
of an WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1 application node and a database server 
node. These servers are mirrored servers running Raid 1. Both of these servers 
are behind a firewall.
Hardware Configuration
The following is a list with the hardware configuration of the application and 
database servers:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 4
Pentium III, 1266 MHz
2 GB Ram
40 GB Hard Disk
Application Server Tier
The following shows the software and levels installed and configured on the 
application server tier:
WebSphere Application Server V3.5.6