High Availability

White Papers

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This white paper describes how Sun Cluster 3.0 software might be used as part of a comprehensive disaster recovery solution to ensure continuous service availability. It provides basic guidelines for consideration when deploying a campus cluster solution and offers tips for setting up sound administrative practices.
This white paper recommends that Sun's Cluster 3.0 software product and the SunPlex architectural solutions based on Sun servers running the Solaris Operating Environment be considered as part of an organization's IT evaluations as it builds out computing infrastructure with clustered and highly available systems. IDC concludes that Sun is a strong contender within the market space for clustered servers that deliver advanced functionality with respect to clustering technology and high-availability features.
Deploying SunPlex Systems is a technical whitepaper for Cluster architects and staff of the CIO. This paper is recommended to customers after an initial overview of Sun Cluster 3.0 software through presentations, architecture whitepaper and/or the Sun Cluster 3.0 Concepts guide. Chapter Four is a very detailed chapter with examples for Oracle 9i Real Application Clusters, SAP and Web Servers.
This white paper explains how the global file service (a term used interchangeably with the cluster file system, CFS) can be used in the implementation, configuration, ongoing system management, and capacity planning of a Sun Cluster 3.0 system.
This white paper explains how to use the SunPlex Agent Builder to develop agents for applications running on Sun Cluster software. It is oriented primarily towards potential agent developers who may or may not be familiar with the Sun Cluster product.
Sun Fire servers and Sun solutions such as Reference Architectures and Consolidation form the foundation of a Business Ready Infrastructure, that allows business to lower TCO in a number of ways including greatly enhanced availability, while providing the flexibility and scalability to deliver continued performance as the business grows and changes.
The Sun Fire 12K and 15K servers provide the availability features needed to support commercial computing needs along with the raw performance demanded by the high-performance computing community.
This whitepaper discusses the availability features of Sun Fire systems. Topics include: availability features and the underlying technology that benefit the customer, software support, services, and training.