[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TOOLSDOC-345?page=com.atlassian.jira.plug... ] Rob Stryker commented on TOOLSDOC-345: -------------------------------------- In general you're pretty close to the mark. The new -> Server action basically creates what I call a server adapter, while I call the actual thing in c:\apps\jboss\jboss-as-7.1.0 either the server or the runtime or the server's runtime. There's always this underlying feeling that the server involves some type of running state, whereas a runtime is just the thing that is a bunch of jars and classes glued together. The runtime can be used to compile projects, be on the classpath of a project, or, can be used by a server adapter to launch or start a server. In genereal though you're right. You're creating the configuration changes, command line args, and other customizations that will make it into the running server. But in my head I typically call the thing inside eclipse a server just to be short. It really is a server adapter, and I feel the server (or runtime) is what lives on your hard-drive. You're never *really* creating one, or deleting one.... except in rare situations (such as download-runtimes) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira