SaaS and J(2)EE

Introduction

Multitenancy refers to the architectural principle whereby a single instance of software runs on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor’s servers, whilst serving multiple client organizations (tenants). This is in contrast to multi-instance architecture where separate software instance or hardware systems are set up for different client organizations. in other words, under a multitenant architecture, applications are required to virtually partition data and configuration so that each client organization works with a customized virtual application instance. Customization typically includes aspects like user interface branding, access control, data and configuration, workflow, etc

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What is SOA - Service Characteristics - Stateless

A service is said to be stateless if the consumer of that service can make use of any operating instance of that service. This is achieved by services not storing any internal data (state) that would be required if the consumer happened to invoke another instance of that service.

In general this goal is achieve by ensuring that all service data (including state) is kept in an external store common to all instances of that service.

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