Magento component architecture

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The Magento platform consists of several core and optional components:

• A web server capable of supporting PHP-based applications, such as Apache or Nginx.
• The database server MySQL.

• Optional components for Magento Open Source and Magento Commerce:

  • A page caching mechanism, such as Redis or Varnish.
  • A session storage mechanism, such as Redis or memcashed.

• Optional components for Magento Commerce only:

  • A search mechanism, such asApache Solr or Elesticsearch.
  • A message queueing mechanism, such as RabbitMQ.
  • Multiple database servers, for scalability.