The following chapter covers the main lines of StorMan's architecture. The core part, i.e. the StorMan server, incorporates the virtualization layer and the storage specific layer.
Figure 2: Architecture
The functions on the StorMan client side are provided as CLIs (Command line interfaces) and graphical interface (WebUI).
The StorMan server is installed and runs as a service on one or more servers (Management Units of SE server) depending on caller and storage application requirements.
The StorMan client resides on the same server as the calling application and provides the management functions implemented by the StorMan server. The calling application is not aware of the communication between the StorMan client and StorMan server. Therefore StorMan client and StorMan server can be installed on the same server or on different servers connected by LAN.