1.1.1 Hardware Components (Deployment Example: Sun Java System Communications Services for Access Anywhere (EdgeMail))

Deployment Example: Sun Java System Communications Services for Access Anywhere (EdgeMail)

1.1.1 Hardware Components

The general hardware design of the EdgeMail complex includes the following components:

Front-end (FE) servers that receive client requests through a firewall. There are 10 front-end Sun Fire V210 servers.
Back-end (BE) servers organized in clustered pairs. There are 4 mail clusters and 2 calendar clusters, for a total of 12 back-end Sun Fire V440 servers.
A hardware and operating system management station on a separate Sun Fire V240 server.
A software administration station on another separate Sun Fire V240 server.
Two redundant storage area networks with three McData Sphereon 4500 fibre channel switches each, for a total of 6 dedicated switches.
Six sets of disk arrays, each containing 3 Sun StorEdge 3510 arrays, coupled with 8 Sun StorEdge 3511 arrays, for a total of 26 disk arrays.
A large backup server consisting of a Sun Fire V880.

In addition, the EdgeMail complex should include hardware such as the Sun StorEdge L180 or L700 tape libraries for the backup of all data on disk. However, tape libraries are not included in this deployment example.