NAS Processes


kxs

The Executive Server (kxs) process is responsible for managing and hosting the system-level services, such as the load-balancing service, and for delegating requests to a Java Server (kkjs) or C++ Server (kcs). There is one kxs instance for each instance of NAS.

kjs

The Java Server (kjs) processes are responsible for hosting application components written in Java. There can be up to 16 kjs instances for a single instance of NAS.

kcs

The C++ Server (kcs) processes are responsible for hosting application components written in C++. There can be up to 16 kcs instances for a single instance of NAS.

kas

The Kiva Administrative Server (kas) starts and monitors the other engines and makes sure that any engines that fail are restarted.

Web Server Plug-in

The Web server Plug-in is responsible for communicating to a NAS when requests are received by the Web server.