Summary
This chapter identified the implications of preparing for the N1 Grid solution where the network is used as the fundamental organizing principle to define, implement, and manage services. It also introduced some of the benefits of using Sun methodologies, tools, and models. Hopefully, you are starting to recognize where the N1 Grid system would make sense in your environment.
N1 Grid solutions enables datacenter resources to efficiently act as a single system. N1 Grid systems do not change the need for:
Business requirements that drive architectural and operational decisions and trade-offs
Architectures that address the systemic qualities (that is, the “ilities”)
Operational maturity improvements
Disaster recovery and business continuity ...
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