The N1 Grid is Sun's vision, strategy, and architecture—and a set of products—that redefine the nature of data center computing. The N1 Grid architecture uses the network, physically and logically, as its fundamental organizing principle.
This book enables the reader to implement service-centric data center solutions through the use of N1 Grid-based principles and architectures, which are more efficient and flexible. It opens with an overview of how this approach evolved and then takes the reader through the process
of preparing, architecting, and implementing N1 Grid-based solutions.
Part 1 INTRODUCING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS
1. Context for the Vision.
2. Vision and Strategy.
3. Realizing the Vision.
Part 2 PREPARING FOR N1 GRID SOLUTIONS.
4. Definition and Preparation.
5. Measurable Requirements.
6. Analysis.
Part 3 ARCHITECTING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS.
7. Strategic Flexibility.
8. Infrastructure Optimization.
9. Application Optimization.
10. Data Center Optimization.
11. Virtualized Service-Centric IT Environment.
Part 4 IMPLEMENTING N1 GRID SOLUTIONS.
12. Telecom Case Study.
13. Implementation Products.
A. Enterprise Installation Standard.
B. References.
Glossary.
Index.