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N1 is Sun's architecture for the next generation data center. It simplifies datacenter operations by helping to reduce the complexity associated with runningIT infrastructures. Sun's N1 products and services enable organizations to treatthe data center as a single, unified system for cost-effective management,greater utilization, and faster responsiveness. The focus of the book is how tosolve strategic problems, namely "What problem does the customer have, andhow can N1 solve it?" The book starts by articulating the problems that areprevalent in the IT world today. After a brief overview of the N1 Vision, itprobes deeper into the nature of an N1 system in terms of its properties andthe value it delivers, and in terms of the goals for N1. It then covers the N1Architecture, explaining what it means to build a system. Also covers N1Products and what N1 means to Sun's product portfolio and that of othervendors.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments. Foreword: Scaling the Tidal Wave. Figures. Tables. Preface.     Audience for This Book.     How This Book Is Organized.     Typographic Conventions.     Accessing Sun Documentation.     Sun Welcomes Your Comments. I. INTRODUCING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS. 1. Context for the Vision.     Business Imperatives.     Technology Problems.     The Evolution of Enterprise Computing.     Moving Toward the N1 Grid Architecture. 2. Vision and Strategy.     Strategic Rationale.     From Server-Centric Applications to Network-Centric Services.     From a Network of Discrete Systems to a Fabric of Resources.     Service-Centric Architectures.     Managing Deployments.     Systemic Solution.     The Systemic Approach.     Summary. 3. Realizing the Vision.     Properties of an N1 Grid System.     N1 Grid Operating Environment.     Heterogeneity Within N1 Grid Systems.     Functional Breakdown.     Resources.     Service-Centric Management.     Workload-to-Resources Mapping.     Virtualization.     Provisioning Services.     Virtualization and Provisioning Examples.     Provisioning a Service Component on an Existing Operating System.     Provisioning a Service Component as Part of a Complete Bootable Image.     N1 Grid Systems Realized.     Route to the N1 Grid Solutions.     Value of N1 Grid Systems.     Summary. II. PREPARING FOR N1 GRID SOLUTIONS. 4. Definition and Preparation.     Implications of Implementing N1 Grid Solutions.     SunTone Architecture Methodology.     Decomposition.     Tiers.     Layers.     Systemic Qualities.     Additional SunTone AM Principles.     Use Case Focused.     Architecture-Centric.     Iterative and Incremental.     People, Processes, and Tools.     N1 Grid Architecture Considerations.     Infrastructure Virtualization Impact.     Historical Impact.     Elements of Infrastructure Virtualization.     Compute Element Virtualization.     Network Virtualization.     Storage Virtualization.     Implementation Combinations.     Preparation for Infrastructure Virtualization.     Common Namespaces.     Solaris Container Model.     Data Security.     Foundation Services.     Application Provisioning.     Dependencies and Use Cases.     Resource Managers.     Security and Trust Models.     Mobility.     Mobility Business Decisions and Control Fabric.     Foundation Services.     Preparation for Increased Service Density.     Business Drivers and Feedback Loop.     Dependencies and Use Cases.     Resource Management.     Capacity and Performance Measurements.     Operational Management Capabilities Model.     Summary. 5. Measurable Requirements.     Traceable Requirements.     SMART Requirements.     Use Cases.     CTQ Measurements.     OMCM Tool Framework.     Example CTQs.     New Systems.     Time to Market.     Increased Availability.     Cost Measurements.     Measuring Utilization.     Regulatory Measurements.     Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.     Desire to Implement N1 Grid Solutions.     Change Acceptance.     Benefits for People.     Benefits for Processes.     Benefits for Technology.     Service Life Cycle Measurements.     Testing Structure to Prove SLRs.     Operational Maturity Measurements.     People Management.     Process Management.     Policy Measurements.     Security Measurements.     Summary. 6. Analysis.     Target Analysis.     Brownfield or Greenfield.     Heterogeneous or Specific Environments.     Efficiency.     Architectural Improvement.     Efficiency Approach.     Chaos Resolution With Efficiency.     Proactive Organization.     Service Management Efficiency.     Policy and Environment Usage.     Architectural Engagement Improvement Approach.     Horizontal Engagement Analysis Points.     Vertical Engagement Analysis Points.     "Ilities" Engagement Analysis Points.     Opportunity Engagement Analysis Points.     Strategic Approach.     Blade Servers.     Storage.     Testing and Development Environment.     Application Server Farm.     Service Creation.     Increased Density.     Utility Computing.     Grid Computing.     Summary. III. ARCHITECTING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS. 7. Strategic Flexibility.     Strategic Business Value.     IT Efficiency and Strategic Flexibility.     Leverage and OMCM.     Architecture and Strategic Flexibility.     SunTone Architecture Methodology.     KBDs and CTQs.     Immediate Return on Investment.     Use Cases.     Functional Requirements.     Applied Architecture.     Technical Requirements.     Constraints.     Iterative Approach.     Beginning the Transition.     Future of Strategic Flexibility.     Utility Computing.     Grid Computing.     Policy-Based Management.     Summary. 8. Infrastructure Optimization.     Building Infrastructure Optimization.     Common Platforms.     Goals and Benefits of Common Platforms.     Enforced Standards.     Goals and Benefits.     Example of Enforced Standards.     Modular Deployments.     Building Modules.     Deploying Modules Horizontally.     Deploying Modules Vertically.     Wire Once, Deploy Forever.     Virtualizing the Infrastructure.     Compute Components.     Network Components.     Storage Components.     Virtualization Examples.      N1 Grid Provisioning Server.     N1 Grid Data Services Platform.     Provisioning the Infrastructure.     Saving Costs.     Automatic Infrastructure Optimization.     Basic Automated Operating System Provisioning.     Image-Based Operating System Provisioning.     Comprehensive Heterogeneous Infrastructure Provisioning.     Automatic Infrastructure Provisioning Examples.     Basic Provisioning Example.     Image-Based Provisioning Example.     Comprehensive Provisioning Example.     Application Provisioning.     Summary. 9. Application Optimization.     Understanding Applications, Middleware, and Services.     What Is an Application?     What Is Middleware?     What Is a Service?     Building Application Optimization.     Virtualizing the Application.     Why Virtualization?     Vertical Virtualization.     Horizontal Virtualization.     Vertical and Horizontal Virtualization Examples.     Vertical Virtualization with N1 Grid Containers.     Horizontal Virtualization with the N1 Grid Engine.     Horizontal and Vertical Virtualization with the Sun Cluster Software.     Provisioning the Application.     Automated Deployment.     Components and Plans.     Observability Integration.     N1 Grid Service Provisioning System.     Object Model Components.     Object Model Plans.     Summary. 10. Data Center Optimization.     The Dynamic Data Center.     Strategic Flexibility.     Build Automation.     Deployment Automation.     Optimization and Flexing.     Observability and Optimization.     Rightsizing.     Opportunities for Strategic Flexibility.     Service Life Cycle Mobility.     Increasing and Reducing Application Density.     Service Promotion and Life Cycle Management.     Increasing Utilization Using the N1 Grid Software.     Road Map to Data Center Optimization.     Environment.     Build Automation.     Deployment Automation.     Observability.     IT Management and the N1 Grid Software.     Operators to System Administrators.     System Administrators to Architects.     Architects to Pattern Developers.     Strategic Flexibility and the N1 Grid Software.     Comparing Operational Efficiency with Strategic Flexibility.     N1 Grid Data Services Platform.     N1 Grid Provisioning Server.     N1 Grid Containers.     N1 Grid Service Provisioning System.     Summary. 11. Virtualized Service-Centric IT Environment.     Utility Computing.     Service Utility.     Utility Transformation.     Utility Computing Enabling.     Business Changes for Utility Computing.     Utility Technologies and the N1 Grid Software.     Analysis with Utility Computing.     Service Level Management with Utility Computing.     Consolidation with Utility Computing.     Standards for the Next Decade.     Grid Computing.     Grid Architecture.     Sun Systems and the Grid.     Web Services and the Grid.     Grid Applications Using the N1 Grid Software.     Grids and Policies.     Policy-Based Computing.     Feedback Loop.     Managers.     Sensors and Observability.     Policy.     Policy-Based Computing and the N1 Grid Software.     Capturing and Describing Policy.     Preparing for Policy in the Data Center.     Summary. IV. IMPLEMENTING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS. 12. Telecom Case Study.     Case Study Methodology.     Business Drivers.     Technical Drivers.     Management.     Project Requirements.     Metrics and Measurement.     Architecture.     Project Risks.     N1 Grid System Implementation.     Infrastructure Optimization and the Sun Management Center Software.     Application Optimization.     Strategic Flexibility.     Summary. 13. Implementation Products.     N1 Grid Data Services Platform.     N1 Grid Storage Architecture.     The Promise and the Reality of Virtualization.     Intelligent Storage Platform.     N1 Grid Provisioning Server.     Creation and Configuration of Server Farms.     Activation.     Software Image Management and Distribution.     N1 Grid Containers.     Solaris OS Resource Manager.     Workload Classification.     Centralized Management.     Resource Controls.     Differentiated Services.     Resource Accounting.     Ease of Use.     Solaris OS Container Strategy.     N1 Grid Service Provisioning System.     Complexity Management.     Application Awareness.     Summary. A. Enterprise Installation Standard. B. References. Glossary. Index.

About the Author :
Jason Carolan is a senior architect and principal engineer at Sun Microsystems. He has spent most of his five years at Sun in Sun Services, focused on developing solutions for Sun's customers in conjunction with systems architecture, and improving architectural quality through patterns. Scott Radeztsky is one of Sun's principal engineers. His six years at Sun have been focused on architecture, performance and tuning, education, and working with customers to navigate uncharted architecture, technology, and operations territory in novel solution deployments. Paul Strong is a systems architect at Sun Microsystems, working in the N1 Grid software product group. He has spent most of his seven years at Sun focused on resource management and availability and joined the N1 Grid software team at its inception. Ed Turner is an architect in Sun's Client Services Organization supporting major customers in the telecommunications industry. Leveraging his seven-plus years in various technical and management roles at Sun, he focuses his efforts on guiding his customers' strategic architecture.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780131482012
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Height: 100 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 100 mm
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0131482017
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: Grid Solutions: Preparing, Architecting, and Implementing Service-Centric Data Centers
  • Width: 100 mm


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