Preface

This guide provides detailed guidelines for planning your deployment of the Sun Java trademark 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 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 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 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 Content Delivery Server architecture.

Chapter 2 provides a sample plan and guidelines for planning your installation of Content Delivery Server. This chapter also includes minimum hardware and software requirements for a basic configuration.

Chapter 3 provides general guidelines for sizing 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.

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Typographic Conventions

The following tables define the typographical conventions and terms used throughout this guide:

Typeface ^[1]	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. You must be super user to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

Typeface ^[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized

Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be super user to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

Related Documentation

The following table lists the documentation for this product. The online documentation is available at:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/cds

Application	Title	Part Number	Format	Location
Branding and localizing the portals	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Branding and Localization Guide	820-1938-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/branding` and online.
Planning for your system	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Capacity Planning Guide	820-1939-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/capacity` and online.
Working with the Developer Portal	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Content Developer Guide	820-1940-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/devguide` and online.
Working with the APIs provided	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Customization Guide	820-1941-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/customization` and online.
Trouble shooting	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Error Messages	820-1942-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/errmsgs` and online.
Installing the system	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Installation Guide	820-1943-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/install` and online.
Setting up and integrating with existing infrastructure	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Integration and Configuration Guide	820-1944-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/integration` and online.
Migrating to the latest release	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Migration Guide	820-1945-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/migration` and online.
Product reference information	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server Reference Manual	820-1946-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/refman` and online.
Monitoring and managing the system	Sun Java System Content Delivery Server System Management Guide	820-1947-10	PDF HTML	`$CDS_HOME/Documentation/system-mgmt` and online.

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL
Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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