Data Center Reference Architecture Document Set

It is highly recommended to start with Data Center Reference Guide. This document provides a general overview of data center framework and the Sun best practices, technologies, and products applicable in implementing a data center architecture. The rest of the technical documents provide the relevant detailed technical information under each section title.  

Data Center Design Principles:   

• Sun's Pattern-based Design Framework: The Service Delivery Network
• A Route to Standardized Operating Environments

Dynamic Infrastructure   

• The Service Delivery Network: A Case Study

Data Center Virtualization   

• Energy Efficiency Strategies: Sun Server Virtualization Technology
• Beginners Guide to LDoms: Understanding and Deploying Logical Domains
• The Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers: Virtualization in the Solaris Operating System
• Consolidating Legacy Applications onto Sun x64 Servers
• Application and Database Server Consolidation on the Sun Fire X4600 Server using Solaris
• Consolidating the Sun Store onto Sun Fire T2000 Servers
• Web Consolidation on the Sun Fire T1000 using Solaris Containers
• Slicing and Dicing Servers: A Guide to Virtualization and Containment Technologies
• Solaris Operating System Hardware Virtualization Product Architecture

Server Platforms:   

• Introduction to Dynamic Reconfiguration and Capacity on Demand for Sun SPARC Enterprise
• Sun Customer Ready HPC Cluster: Reference Configurations with Sun Fire X4100, X4200, and X4600 Servers
• Sun Customer Ready HPC Cluster: Reference Configurations with Sun Fire X2200 M2 and X2100 M2 Servers
• The Tokyo Institute of Technology Supercomputer Grid: Architecture and Performance Overview
• Developing and Tuning Applications on UltraSPARC T1 Chip Multithreading Systems
• Tuning Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam on the Sun Fire T2000 Server
• Multiboot Environments on Sun x64 Systems with AMD Opteron Processors
• Configuring JumpStart Servers to Provision Sun x86-64 Systems
• Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 on Sun x64 Servers

Storage   

• Sun Lustre Storage System
• Using iSCSI Multipathing in the Solaris 10 Operating System

Disaster Recovery:   

• Disaster Architecting Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions

Security:   

• Solaris 10 Security Eliminating Web Page Hijacking
• Privilege Bracketing in the Solaris 10 Operating System
• The Solaris Fingerprint Database - A Security Validation Tool for Solaris Environment System Files
• Toward Systemically Secure IT Architectures
• Enforcing the Two-Person Rule Via Role-Based Access Control in the Solaris 10 Operating System
• Restricting Service Administration in the Solaris 10 Operating System
• Limiting Service Privileges in the Solaris 10 Operating System
• Using Computer Forensics When Investigating System Attacks
• Integrating BART and the Solaris Fingerprint Database in the Solaris 10 Operating System
• Automating Solaris 10 File Integrity Checks
• RBAC in the Solaris Operating Environment
• Solaris Security Toolkit
• Using the Cryptographic Accelerators in the UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Processors

Management:   

• Remote Monitoring of Sun x64 Systems using ipmitool and ipmievd
• Service Management Facility (SMF) in the Solaris 10 OS
• Automating Initial Setup and Management of Sun Fire V20z and V40z Servers

Applications:   

• Sun's High-Performance and Reliable Web Proxy Solution
• LDAP Reference Implementation
• Understanding the NIS to LDAP Service (N2L) Architecture

Sun Data Center Services:   

• Sun Dynamic Infrastructure Solution for Web Services
• Sun Datacenter Express Services
• Sun Connection