FIGURE 2-1 Raw Single-Fibre Bandwidth Versus Single CPU Performance 9
FIGURE 2-2 Typical Multitier Architecture 11
FIGURE 3-1 Simplified Service Dependency Graph 22
FIGURE 3-2 Traditional Operating System Virtualization 25
FIGURE 3-3 N1 Grid Operating Environment Virtualization 26
FIGURE 3-4 Layers of Virtualization 27
FIGURE 3-5 Flow Between Provisioning Model Phases 28
FIGURE 3-6 The Evolution of an N1 Grid System Implementation 33
FIGURE 4-1 Major Sources of IT Costs 40
FIGURE 4-2 SunTone AM Cube Functionality Axes 45
FIGURE 4-3 Sub-CPU Granularity of Solaris™ 10 Zones 60
FIGURE 4-4 Typical Causes of Costs and Downtime 75
FIGURE 4-5 N1 Grid Software Negative Feedback Loop 78
FIGURE 5-1 Stakeholder Activities During the Requirements Phase 83
FIGURE 5-2 Stakeholder and Requirements Interaction 83
FIGURE 5-3 Requirements Traceability 85
FIGURE 5-4 Management Tools Framework 90
FIGURE 5-5 Typical Stakeholder Attitude Charting 96
FIGURE 5-6 Example Service Lifecycle Phases 99
FIGURE 5-7 Layered Security Architecture Example 110
FIGURE 7-1 Life Cycle of Business Services 133
FIGURE 7-2 Strategic Flexibility Functional Architecture 142
FIGURE 8-1 Building-Block Architecture 148
FIGURE 8-2 N1 Grid Provisioning Server User Interface 165
FIGURE 9-1 Application Optimization Building-Block Architecture 180
FIGURE 10-1 Application Density and Mobility 212
FIGURE 10-2 Application Life Cycle Management 213
FIGURE 10-3 N1 Grid Software and Grid Applications 214
FIGURE 11-1 UC Architecture Diagram Showing Remote Services, N1 Grid PS, and N1 Grid SPS 228
FIGURE 11-2 N1 Grid Engine Architecture 232
FIGURE 11-3 Grid Engine Software 233
FIGURE 11-4 Policy-Based Computing and the Feedback Loop 238
FIGURE 12-1 ZYX-WV Data Center Optimization Architecture 248
FIGURE 12-2 N1 Grid PS and Sun MC Implementation 250
FIGURE 12-3 N1 Grid SPS and Service Monitoring Implementation 251
FIGURE 12-4 N1 Grid Containers and Application Mobility Implementation 252
FIGURE A1 EIS Example 268
