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Atul
Atul

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IBM Webpshere Full profile, Webpshere traditional profile and Websphere classic profile

It is more confusing for a non-Websphere expert to differentiate between different types of Websphere terminologies being used by IBM. I was trying to understand the difference between 1) Websphere Full profile 2) Base Websphere profile 3) Websphere Traditional Profile 4) Websphere Classic Profile. 5) WAS

I see that IBM uses above terminologies everywhere. However not sure what is the difference. Not sure why there are no naming standards set. Are all above mean the same or they are all different?

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Jarid
Jarid

Reputation: 2018

Short answer: They're all the same thing - references that imply the original version of WebSphere Application Server, rather than WebSphere Liberty, the newer, smaller-footprint server version that shipped with 8.5. The official full name is "WebSphere Application Server traditional".

Long answer:

  • "Full Profile" was the original term used to differentiate between the traditional server and the Liberty server (originally referred to as "Liberty Profile"). Ultimately the use of "profile" was confusing (it's a server, not a server configuration profile), and Liberty matured into a full-featured server, so "Full Profile" was phased out.

  • "Base" generally refers to the single-server image of the traditional server - it differentiates not from Liberty, but from Network Deployment (ND).

  • "Traditional" I covered above.

  • "Classic" was briefly used as the term to differentiate between traditional and Liberty, but it ultimately was shelved in favor of "traditional".

  • "WAS" is the acronym for the full product name, "WebSphere Application Server" - since "WebSphere" is a branding line beyond just the application server products, "WAS" is often used for slightly more specificity (although I'd note that the two server versions are "WAS traditional" and "WAS Liberty", so it's not specific between those).

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