WINDEV Concepts

126 Part 4: Advanced concept 2.9 Deployment diagram A deployment diagram shows the physical arrangement of devices (hardware/nodes) in a system as well as the relationships between the executables and these devices. For example, the diagram below represents the hardware used in a company: A deployment diagram includes the following elements: • node class : represents a class of a physical resource. For example: server, PC, printer, etc. • node instance : represents a physical resource. For example: server 3, printer 70, etc. • connection : depicts the communication path between two nodes. For example: ISDN or TCP/ IP link.