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Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 7 2004Q2 System Deployment Guide 

Contents

Who Should Use This Guide
Using the Documentation
How This Guide is Organized
Documentation Conventions
General Conventions
Conventions Referring to Directories
Contacting Sun
Give Us Feedback
Obtain Training
Contact Product Support

Chapter 1   Overview of Deployment
About Deployment
Throughput
Response Time
Availability
Phases of the Deployment Process
Planning Your Environment
Selecting a Topology
Running Tests
Understanding Session Persistence

Chapter 2   Planning your Environment
Introducing HADB
Active Nodes
Spare Nodes
Sample Spare Node Configuration 1
Sample HADB Architecture
Establishing Performance Goals
Estimating Throughput
Estimating Load on Application Server Instances
Calculating Maximum Number of Concurrent Users
Calculating Think Time
Calculating Average Response Time
Calculating Requests Per Minute
Estimating Load on the HADB
Number of Requests per Minute Received by the HADB
Session Size Per Request
Design Decisions to Make
Number of Application Server Instances Required
Number of HADB Nodes Required
HADB Storage Capacity Required
Designing for Peak Load Compared to Steady State Load
Planning Network Configuration to Meet Your Performance Goals
Estimating Bandwidth Requirements
Calculating Bandwidth Required
Estimating Peak Load
Configuring Subnets
Choosing Network Cards
Network Settings for HADB
Planning for Availability
Adding Redundancy to the System
Identifying Failure Classes
Using Redundancy Units to Improve Availability
Using Spare Nodes to Improve Fault Tolerance
Planning Failover Capacity
Using Multiple Clusters to Improve Availability

Chapter 3   Selecting a Topology
Common Requirements
General Requirements
HADB Nodes and Machines
Load Balancer Configuration
Co-located Topology
Reference Co-located Topology
Configuration Settings for Reference Co-located Topology
Variation to Reference Co-located Topology
Configuration Settings for Variation to the Reference Co-located Topology
Separate Tier Topology
Reference Configuration
Configuration Settings for Reference Separate Tier Topology
Variation to Reference Separate Tier Topology
Configuration Settings for Variation to Reference Separate Tier Topology
Comparison of Topologies
Determining Which Topology to Use

Appendix A   Checklist for Deployment
Index


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