Production and Sandbox Environments
We should not modify the live application directly so we work in different environment for the changes of the existing application.
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1. What is Cloud Computing ?
Pictorial representation of internet is Cloud.
Cloud Computing is nothing but internet computing.
With this approach everything can be done in internet (Using Application, Developing Application and distributing the hardware), no need of any minimum hardware requirements and no need to install any software in local system.
Cloud Computing is an approach to provide the following services -
SAAS (Software As A Service)
PAAS (Platform As A Service)
IAAS (Infrastructure As A Service)
2. What is Salesforce?
Salesforce is a company which provides a web based tool called Salesforce
Salesforce by following the Cloud Computing approach, providing SAAS and PAAS
SAAS: Providing Sales, Marketing and Call Center applications as a service
PAAS: Providing Force.com platform in which we can develop Apex (Programming language similar to Core Java) and Visualforce (Mark up language similar to HTML) logic.
3. What is Production?
We should not make coding changes in production since end-users are using the application from production environment.
4. What is production url?
login.salesforce.com
5. What is sandbox?
To make any changes for the exiting application we should copy all contents of the production into sandbox and make all changes after that test thoroughly and move those changes into production.
To create the sandbox, in production we can find one link called sandboxes. by clicking on that link we can create the sandbox by choosing type of the sandbox.
6.What is sandbox url?
test.salesforce.com
7. What are the types of Sandboxes?
- Developer Sandbox
- Developer pro sandbox
- Partial data sandbox
8. What is Developer sandbox?
It copy only configuration changes from the production
It won’t copy real time data
We can test the configuration changes with sample data
Sample data limit is 200mb
Refresh time interval is one day
If we refresh all the sandbox contents will be replaced with production contents
9. What is developer pro sandbox?
- Copy configuration changes
- No real time data
- Sample data limit is 1GB
- Refresh time interval one day
10. What is partial data sandbox?
- Copy configuration changes
- Copy certain amount of real time data
- Real time data limit is 5GB
- For each table it can copy maximum of 10k records
- Refresh interval 5 days
11. What is Full copy sandbox?
- It is exact replica of the production
- Copy both configuration and entire real time data from the production
- Refresh time interval 29 days
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