text: – Manages the (optional) Report Distribution System 
  
  – Manages the “interface” to the (optional) Full Text Index system 
  
  – Performs user authentication through internal security or external security System 
  Authorization Facility (SAF) calls 
  
  – Performs logging 
  
  (cid:2) Object server: 
  
  – Provides the repository for Content Manager OnDemand data archives 
  
  – Stores archive storage policy information 
  
  – Manages the retention of Content Manager OnDemand data archives 
  
  – Controls the transition of Content Manager OnDemand archives 
  
  – Manages the expiration of Content Manager OnDemand archives 
  
  **2.2.3 Choosing a platform**
  
  A Content Manager OnDemand server can run on many different operating systems and 
  hardware environments. It can be set up to run on a workstation and can scale up to an 
  IBM z™ Systems complex. The following factors need to be part of the decision to implement 
  Content Manager OnDemand on one platform versus another platform: 
  
  (cid:2) Existing hardware platforms 
  (cid:2) Future hardware requirements (standardization, consolidation, and others) 
  (cid:2) Existing personnel and skill set 
  (cid:2) Current workload (number of users, quantity of data, and others) 
  (cid:2) Future workload requirements (number of users, quantity of data, and others) 
  (cid:2) Interfacing with other systems (software and data) 
  (cid:2) Vendor’s ability to support the environment (hardware, software, and users over any 
  geographic extent) 