In today’s fast paced business environment, maintaining reliable and secure runtime environments is a challenge for organizations as frequent code changes and updates have become the norm. In such a scenario tracking, installing, configuring and testing dozens of PHP libraries and drivers is one of the paramount challenges being faced by web administrators. The Zend Server includes an up-to-date, tested and supported PHP stack that ensures high reliability, enhanced security and a consistent environment for testing and development.
- It is the ideal Web Application Server for business-critical PHP applications that run on Linux, Windows or IBMi and require a high level of performance, reliability and security.
- Zend Server offers advanced application monitoring and diagnostic functionalities that help in early-detection of problems and undertake a quick root cause analysis.
- Deployment of Zend server results in acceleration of the development process and low resource utilization.
- Web administrators who face the challenge of maintaining reliable and secure PHP runtime environments have found a perfect solution to their problems in the Zend Server wherein they receive round-the-clock technical support, online software updates, hot fixes and security patches offering users with the most up-to-date version of PHP at all times.
- Zend Server takes the risk out of your application deployment process by ensuring that each and every team member uses the same highly reliable runtime environment at each stage of the application lifecycle.
- Migration of your PHP application to a remote location becomes a breeze with the Zend Server as it offers a unique unattended installer that facilitates fast and trouble-free deployments.
- Use Zend Server to enhance staff productivity
Installing, configuring, tracking and testing dozens of PHP libraries and drivers is a very lengthy and time-consuming exercise for developers, testers and administrators. The rapid updates and code changes that typify today’s fast-paced Web applications highlight the necessity of maintaining a reliable PHP runtime environment and ensuring application security at all times.
To overcome these challenges we recommend Zend Server, a complete, pre-integrated and tested solution that takes away all the hassles of maintaining a PHP infrastructure. Zend Server’s native installer (RPM/DEB and MSI) includes a certified PHP distribution, Zend Framework, out-of-the-box connectivity to all common databases, Java connectivity, a scalable and PHP-integrated download server, Apache Webserver, and MySQL database.
Users who choose Zend Server will have access to Zend’s technical support experts, and receive online software updates, hot fixes and security patches 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
Ensure Successful Deployments Even At Remote Locations
Zend Server enables users to deploy PHP applications with confidence as Zend Server’s unattended installer facilitates fast and trouble-free deployments even at remote locations. This ensures that every member of your team uses the same, highly reliable environment consistently through each stage of the application life cycle. And it prevents to a great deal, the glitches which arise when different PHP versions and configurations are used in development, testing and production.
Diagnose Problems Before-Hand
Zend Server enables users to take a proactive approach when it comes to ensuring a seamless user experience by monitoring PHP application execution and alerting them about any impending problems like:-
- Slow Application response times
- Inaccessibility of the application
- Failure to execute specific user requests
Resolve Problems Quickly
Zend Server reduces root cause analysis time by recording live application execution when a problem occurs. Code Tracing, a powerful feature of Zend Server eliminates the need to reproduce problems that occur in a development environment. Issues like the state of the production database or server load are now transparent for analysis.
Enhance Application Performance
To deliver a flawless user experience at peak loads, organizations often take the costly route of deploying more hardware. However, with the Zend server at their side users can leverage multiple technologies to improving application response times and minimize resource utilization.
Zend Server helps in:
• Full page caching: A URL-based HTML output cache that does not require any application changes
• Data caching: A set of functions that allow developers to cache data items or output
• Code Acceleration: PHP byte code caching enhances performance with no application changes
Supported Environments
- Linux x86 and x86-64 (RPM/DEB)
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows
- Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
Supported Web Servers
- Apache
- Microsoft IIS
- Java Bridge Compatibility
- Sun or IBM JRE version 5 or higher
