Sun's N1 Grid Engine Increases Return on Assets (ROA) Quickly for Sun IT Operations

Overview

Sun's IT operations are just like many of Sun's customers-under pressure to get more out of their significant existing computing resources. An opportunity was identified in Sun's desktop server environment, powered by innovative Sun Ray technology, which processes thin client user sessions for all campuses. Since many of these servers were idle in the evening, a strategic pilot project was initiated to identify ways to increase utilization of Sun Ray servers after hours. of computing resources. The Sun team realized grid computing was the obvious option for optimizing use of the global computing power of Sun Ray servers.