System for data format conversion for use in data centers

摘要

In various embodiments, an appliance may be used to implement various functions. In some embodiments, an appliance may used with a DBMS server. The appliance may generate a request, an the DBMS server may generate a result. The appliance may transform the result to a different format for return to a requestor corresponding to the request. In still other embodiments, the appliance may be used with a computer system configured to execute other backend applications such as content management systems, filesystems, etc. In other embodiments, the appliance may receive first output data from a first server of a plurality of servers that is to be supplied as first input data to a second server of the plurality of servers. The appliance may be configured to transform the first output data to a first markup language format and to transform the first markup language format to the second format.