Sun Eco Innovation

CIO2CIO Perspectives: Energy Efficiency
The green tide is coming: pressure builds for an energy efficient data center.

Enable a Flexible, Efficient IT Infrastructure Virtualization with Logical Domains and Sun CoolThreads Servers
Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximize the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility.

Virtual Tape and Physical Tape: Power in Combination
Learn more about the current landscape of tape virtualization solutions, as well as why using both virtual and physical tape solutions are ideal for most open systems environments.

Accelerating Backup/Restore with Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library
Get the help you need to choose the right virtual tape library configuration for your business.

Superior Architecture Drives Value
This white paper details how world-class devices, control software, and integration make StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager a virtual tape system that truly delivers business value.

Consolidating the Sun Store onto Sun Fire T2000 Servers
This article discusses the existing Sun Store architecture and describes a timely real-world consolidation effort.

Consolidation in the Data Center
Deploy more flexible and efficient IT architectures This book presents the case and methodology for optimizing your computing infrastructure through proven consolidation techniques. It steps you through the consolidation process from the initial business justification, through project planning, architecture, deployment, and management.

Application and Database Server Consolidation on the Sun Fire X4600 Server using Solaris Containers
This paper explores the use of a Sun Fire X4600 server as a consolidation platform for multiple database and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) application servers. It describes the processes and methodologies used in the consolidation, and details the steps used to configure the Solaris Containers.

Solaris Containers - What They Are and How to Use Them
This Sun BluePrint article discusses the challenges organizations face in dealing with resource and workload management. Solaris Containers, and their constituent technologies (projects, resource pools, Zones) are introduced and explained. Practical examples that show these technologies solving resource and workload management problems are demonstrated.

Consolidating Legacy Applications onto Sun x64 Servers
This Sun BluePrints article describes in step-by-step fashion how one such application an Apache Web server running on the Windows NT Server operating system could be consolidated onto ESX Server running on a Sun Fire V40z server with no changes to the application or its configuration.

Working with Solaris Containers and the Solaris Service Manager
Provides an inside look on what the Solaris 10 OS has to offer as well as ideas on how to get started and put these new features to work, with technologies such as Solaris Containers, Solaris Predictive Self Healing and Solaris Service Management Facility. Emphasis is placed on illustrating how these functionalities can be used to create isolated environments customized for specific applications.

Solaris Containers Technology Architecture Guide
A must-read for those looking to find new ways to reduce IT infrastructure costs and better manage end user service levels. While costs from managing vast networks of servers and software components continue to escalate, existing server consolidation and virtualization techniques do not adequately provision applications and ensure shared resources are not compromised.