Properties of an N1 Grid System
One of the best ways of exploring the true nature of an N1 Grid system is to compare it with a more familiar class of systems (for example, a traditional symmetric multiprocessor or SMP computer system). A traditional SMP system is typically defined as the set of components that share a system bus, memory, and I/O, and that run under the control of an instance of an operating system (for example, the Solaris™ or Linux operating system).
An N1 Grid system is defined as a set of components (for example, servers, network switches, load balancers, firewalls, storage switches, storage controllers, and disks) under the control of a single instance of the N1 Grid OE. However, unlike a traditional operating system, the ...
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