Sun Microsystems has introduced eight Sun Reference
Architectures featuring repeatable methodologies to boost business
processes in several network computing arenas.
Sun's Reference Architectures, unveiled at the SunNetworks
conference in San Fransico, are intended to provide a pre-tested,
integrated, and documented infrastructure layer and are based on
proof-of-concepts done at customer sites.
Included in the architectures are recommended product mixes
and Sun's reference architecture specifications.
Architectures were unveiled for:
Antivirus - for scanning of incoming and
outgoing e-mail, FTP, and web requests to protect against virus
intrusion, spamming and content-filtering to minimise the spread of
viruses.
Application Services - for deploying Java-based
web services and Sun One component integration.
Communications Internet Data Center Phase II -
providing enterprises and service providers with infrastructure
for communications to scale to millions of users. This architecture
features Java Enterprise System, Sun Fire servers, and Sun StorEdge
products as well as third-party management tools.
Data Integrity Assurance (Security) -
providing defence by detecting undesired changes to server data
through monitoring and maintaining systems integrity.
Grid - offering a methodology for deploying
enterprise-wide computational resources to maximise utilisation and
management for sharing resources. Sun also introduced a grid
bundle featuring Intel Xeon systems as part of its Sun Fire V60x
Compute Grid.
Identity Server - featuring an identity
management infrastructure foundation and including federated
identity management capabilities for building trusted networks.
Mainframe re-hosting - using customer
application and third-party infrastructure tools and featuring
technical documents and guides for architecture, implementation and
sizing.
Student Information Systems Reference Architecture
- intended to provide school districts with a centralised,
web-based system for tracking, management and access to student
data.
Paul Krill writes for InfoWorld