When you run a scenario in SAP PI, the communication and processing capabilities depend on runtime engines that are installed with the installation of SAP PI. You can install one or more runtime engines on a host system. SAP PI provides the following two installation options −
This installation is based on ABAP and Java and provides tools for designing and configuring integration content and also these runtime engines −
This installation is based on Java and provides tools for designing and configuring integration content and contains Advance adapter engine as runtime engine.