This guide provides detailed guidelines for planning your deployment of the Sun Java
System Content Delivery Server, including guidelines for determining the hardware and software that you need. It describes how different deployment decisions can affect performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security. This document also describes several sample configurations that can help you choose the best design for your content delivery system.
This document provides a systemic view of the Content Delivery Server architecture. It expands on the level of detail provided in Chapter 1 of the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Installation Guide to help you make informed deployment and capacity planning decisions.
Before You Read This Document
This guide is written for planners and IT personnel responsible for acquiring and managing the equipment and software used for the Content Delivery Server. This guide assumes some knowledge of networking, database, and Web technologies.
Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the architecture of the Content Delivery Server. See Chapter 1 of the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Installation Guide for details.
For detailed information about how to configure individual components, see the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Integration Guide. This guide provides information about integration with external systems and customized integration.
How This Document is Organized
This guide is divided into the following chapters:
- Chapter 1 describes a systemic view of the Content Delivery Server architecture.
- Chapter 2 provides a sample plan and guidelines for planning your installation of the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server. This chapter also includes minimum hardware and software requirements for a basic configuration.
- Chapter 3 provides general guidelines for sizing the Content Delivery Server.
- Chapter 4 describes a number of sample configurations, ranging from trail configuration, over medium single- and multivending configurations, to large multi-million subscribers configurations.
Typographic Conventions
The following table defines the typographic conventions used throughout this guide:
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Typeface
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Meaning
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Examples
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AaBbCc123
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The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output
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Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.
% You have mail.
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AaBbCc123
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What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output
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% su
Password:
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AaBbCc123
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Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized
Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value
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Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.
To delete a file, type rm filename.
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Related Documentation
The Sun Java System Content Delivery Server manuals are available as Portable Document Format (PDF) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files. These files are available in the Documentation subdirectory of the directory where the Content Delivery Server is installed as well as online at http://docs.sun.com.
The following table summarizes the books included in the Content Delivery Server documentation set.
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Book Title
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Description
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Part Number
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Administration Guide
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Describes how to manage content, devices, and access to the Content Delivery Server.
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819-3209-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Branding and Localization Guide
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Describes how to customize the Subscriber Portal and Developer Portal components of the Content Delivery Server for the look and feel of your enterprise. This guide also describes how to localize the Content Delivery Server interfaces.
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819-3210-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Content Developer Guide
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Describes how to submit content to the Content Delivery Server.
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819-3212-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Customization Guide
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Describes the Content Delivery Server APIs that can be used to create customized adapters for use in integrating Content Delivery Server with the existing infrastructure.
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819-3213-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Error Messages
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Describes error messages that are generated by the Content Delivery Server and suggests actions to take to resolve problems reported.
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819-3214-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Installation Guide
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Provides information about installing and configuring the Content Delivery Server.
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819-3215-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Integration Guide
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Describes adapters for integrating the Content Delivery Server with existing systems such as billing, user data, WAP gateway, and push delivery. It also describes the framework for creating device-specific versions of the Subscriber Portal.
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819-3216-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Migration Guide
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Describes how to migrate from a previous version of the Content Delivery Server to the current version.
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819-3217-10
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Sun Java System Content Delivery Server System Management Guide
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Provides information on running and maintaining the Content Delivery Server.
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819-3218-10
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Accessing Sun Documentation Online
The Sun Product Documentation web site enables you to access Content Delivery Server documentation on the web at http://docs.sun.com.
Sun Welcomes Your Comments
Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions.
To share your comments, go to http://docs.sun.com and click Send Comments. In the online form, provide the document title and part number.
