Sun's vision is that businesses can accomplish this through N1 Grid computing, a new approach for managing data centers. N1 Grid views a data center as a single pool of resources delivering business services. Business services may be run on any system within the pool that provides the resources needed to meet performance and service levels. This paper describes an approach to resource management in a distributed computing environment. The intended audience is IT managers, architects, and executives in organizations that are implementing large-scale, distributed computing solutions.
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