Installing Alfresco
Before directly delving into installation, it is important for you to understand the architecture behind Alfresco and various installation options available to you. This will help you to make good decisions in selecting the suitable software for your business application.
Out of the box installation architecture
The out of the box deployment of Alfresco is a typical web application architecture consisting of different layers as shown in the following diagram. This new architecture is basically N-tier and delivers more scalability without massive hardware and software investment. It also accommodates more users with the existing hardware resources. The layered architecture of Alfresco provides the benefits of easily manageable, flexible, and highly scalable content management solution.
Client applications layer
The client applications layer contains the actual application as a web browser on the user's machine; basically the presentation layer. Out of the box Alfresco...
