HP Reliable Transaction Router - Manual (Page 94)

In other contexts, a server may be a physical node, but in RTR
and in this document, physical servers are called backends or
nodes.
server classes
C++ foundation classes used for implementing server
applications.
serviceprovider
A context or initial context implementation used by a JNDI
client for dynamic connection to JNDI. Service providers are
used with the JNDI API.
shadow
The state of the server process that services a copy of the data
store or primary database. In the context of RTR, the shadow
method is transactional shadowing, not disk shadowing. Its
counterpart is primary. See transactional shadowing and disk
shadowing.
SMP
Symmetric MultiProcessing.
standby
The state of the partition that can take over if the process for
which it is on standby is unavailable. It is held in reserve, ready
for use.
striped
The recording of records across more than one disk.
tier
Hardware separation of system components such as a client
application and a server application. Also called a layer or
system component.
TPS
Transactions per second.
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