a network of nodes

The concept of nodes in a network is a very important one because Java and VoiceXML support is designed to be distributed.

There are two types of node: voice response nodes and application nodes.

A voice response node provides the connection to the telephony and voice processing function on the base Blueworx Voice Response system.
An application node provides partitioning for your applications. It also provides a separate Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which can improve performance. Application nodes do not have to be on the same machine as the voice response node.

On AIX, a Blueworx Voice Response system with the Java and VoiceXML environment installed on it can support one, and only one, voice response node and multiple application nodes.

For information about installing application nodes on hosts that don't have a Blueworx Voice Response system, see Setting up an application node.

A network of nodes