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Mahi

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Posted 29-01-2009Reply

Any body working on portal server?

can you suggest which the bets one and share your working exp........

Sree

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Rated 0 | Posted 19-02-2009

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Hai Mahi i have read this topic but i have one doubt mostly hear about Web Server , Application Server i didn't idea about portal server if i knows i reply to my topic..

Mahi

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Rated 0 | Posted 19-02-2009

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yes ur correct sree ... the next generation applications will be potrtals only....these portals run on portal server.......

Balasigamani

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Rated 0 | Posted 22-03-2009

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Hi Mahi,

With WebSphere Portal, the portal server runs on top of the application server. So for example, you would normally install WebSphere Application Server first. Then you would install WebSphere Portal on top of it.
In fact, you can view Portal as a giant 2-gig web app/EAR file running on the app server.

Damodhara

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Rated 0 | Posted 06-04-2009

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hi

poratal server runs inside the app server only...and the portlet runs on the

poral serevr only

note:A portlet is a Java technology based web component, managed by a portlet container, that processes requests and generates dynamic content. Portlets are used by portals as pluggable user interface components that provide a presentation layer to Information Systems.

Portlets share many similarities with servlets:
• Portlets are Java technology based web components
• Portlets are managed by a specialized container
• Portlets generate dynamic content
• Portlets lifecycle is managed by a container
• Portlets interact with web client via a request/response paradigm

Vipin

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Rated 0 | Posted 07-04-2009

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A "portal server" is just web server running a portlet application, (Microsoft sharepoint Portal Server, Liferay, JBoss portal server are some example). Portal runs portlet on it there may be more than one different portlet apps on a single screen.
Portlets are containers for information. They may hold links to applications; provide snapshots of key information about an application. portlets are much like a gauge on a dashboard. As per my knowledge there are two portlet specification JSR 168 and JSR 286.
Basically portal server provides portlet container that is similar to servlet container in web server and responsible to run the portlet applications.

An application server is a system that provides the execution environment that is at the core of network computing or web-based architectures, providing a full set of services.

Harinadh

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Rated 0 | Posted 29-04-2009

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Web Server, Application server and Portal Server all are different in their functionality.

For running the portal server the application server is not required. Only the portal server is enough.

The life cycle of the portals are almost same as servlet life cycle.

In portals, we will write portlets, which will run in the portal container.

The main difference for portal and web is, to get the latest updated data from the data in web server,atleast one HTTP request has to go to the server from the user. Where as using the portal server, the updated information automatically send to the user from the server.

Somnath

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Rated 0 | Posted 10-09-2009

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Hi

A "portal server" is just an application server running a portal sofware or a portal application (Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server is an example).

An application server is a system that provides the execution environment that is at the core of network computing or web-based architectures, providing a full set of services.