Customers can take advantage of technical documentation to implement tested, proven, recommended architectures quickly.
Technical guides reduce complexity, training requirements, and deployment times.
Sun Solution Center proof-of-concept testing.
By running real-world workloads in a Sun Solution Center, customers can verify that a Reference Architecture is the best fit for their particular application or infrastructure needs.
Proof-of-concept testing can help reduce the risks associated with deploying new technologies and can give customers a clear picture of application performance and sizing requirements prior to implementation.
Recommended system configurations to accommodate various workloads.
Select server and storage configurations that meet your requirements, as determined by scalability tests conducted with your own applications and workloads.
The recommended architecture can help you reduce the time, technical effort, and risk involved in selecting the most appropriate hardware and software for your needs.
The component-based design of Reference Architectures gives you the flexibility to plug in different server configurations or software products in place of a recommended product or component of the architecture.
Retain the flexibility of choice, if you do not plan to follow the architecture recommendations, and protect your investment in existing Sun systems and storage.
Business Ready Infrastructure.
A Business Ready Infrastructure based on a consistent architecture from desktop to enterprise offers binary compatibility within and between generations.
Sun solutions are simpler to implement and less expensive to maintain over the life of an application. Proven Sun technologies retain value through time because they are compatible with new systems. Scalable and reliable components deliver high service levels and reduce administration hassles and costs, for a low total cost of ownership and improved cost utilization.
SunTone Certification Program compliance.
Sun Reference Architectures are designed to be compliant with the
specifications of the SunTone Initiative, which set high standards of
quality and therefore ensure delivery of high service levels to end
customers. All Reference Architectures are SunTone Quality Enablers, so
they are building blocks to SunTone certification.
SunTone certification is a recognized mark of quality that service
providers can use to market their services to customers. SunTone-compliant
solutions have extremely high levels of reliability and availability,
helping to reduce total cost of ownership over the life of the platform.
The systems and applications specified in Reference Architectures can be purchased through the Sun Customer Ready systems (CRS) program, which offers services to preload software on integrated hardware components at the factory. Customers benefit from having tested, fully configured, ready-to-deploy systems shipped to their locations.
The Sun CRS program enables rapid deployment of preintegrated and tested systems, speeding time to revenue and return on investment.
