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RSS solarisSolaris 9 Resource Manager Software
White Paper This white paper provides an introduction to the key features of the Solaris 9 Resource Manager software, a discussion of how the Solaris 9 Resource Manager software can be used to implement different levels of resource management, and guidelines... [19 May 2004]
Solaris faces hacker threat
News Security firm Entercept has discovered serious vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system that could allow a hacker to execute code of his or her choice on a Solaris machine. Sun has issued patches for the problems for Solaris 8... [06 Jun 2002]
Solaris Operating System and Linux Solutions from Sun
White Paper By offering the Solaris Operating System for both UltraSPARC and x86-based systems as well as Linux for x86-based systems, Sun gives companies the freedom of choice to make the trade-offs necessary to best meet their business needs. [25 Feb 2004]
Solaris security hole opens way for online intruders
News A security flaw in Sun's Solaris operating system has been exploited in an attempt to launch a series of denial of service (DoS) attacks in the US. Researchers at the Honeynet Project - an American scheme designed to study and trap internet... [16 Jan 2002]
Solaris-to-Linux Migration
White Paper Migrating from Solaris to Linux offers many advantages - such as comparable stability with greater flexibility and a lower TCO - but a smooth transition is crucial. HP ’s proven migration services minimize the time and expense of a move to Linux... [25 Feb 2004]
Solaris Resource Manager: Consolidate Servers and Increase Resource Utilization
White Paper This paper shows how Solaris Resource Manager enables resource availability for users, groups, and enterprise applications and offers the ability to control and allocate CPU time, processes, virtual memory, connect time, and logins. [19 May 2004]
Performance Comparison: VERITAS File System Version 3.4 Patch 1 Vs. Solaris 8 Update 4 UFS
White Paper This paper compares the performance of VERITAS File System version 3.4 Patch 1 and Sun UNIX File System (UFS) on Solaris 8 Update 4 (64-bit unless otherwise specified) under a variety of workloads. UNIX File System fsck performance essentially... [15 Jan 2005]
Solaris for Intel - Sun releases test version
News Sun Microsystems has released a test version of its Solaris operating system for computers using Intel processors, software that was put on hold earlier this year but was resurrected after consumers objected. [27 Nov 2002]
Solaris (Intel Platform Edition) Realmode Environment
White Paper The Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) release introduced significant changes to the realmode environment that both simplified and fortified the task of device driver configuration. This white paper is intended to provide a detailed introduction... [03 Jul 2008]
Solaris gets open-source update
News Sun Microsystems has released an update to its Solaris operating system that incorporates, for the first time, the Gnome open-source graphical interface. CDE still is the default for Solaris, but users may elect to use Gnome, a Sun representative... [30 Jul 2003]
Sun: Solaris will be open source
News "We will open source Solaris. He added: "We've already adjusted our pricing model for Solaris into a subscription one that it is significantly less expensive than Red Hat and 80 per cent less expensive than Microsoft. [02 Jun 2004]
Solaris 9 Powered by VERITAS
White Paper This paper evaluates the performance of VERITAS Foundation Suite 3.5 (VERITAS File System (VxFS) version 3.5 on top of VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) version 3.5), compared to the performance of Sun UNIX File System (UFS) and Solaris Volume Manager... [15 Jan 2005]
Medigenesis International Switches: Solaris and Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server 2000
White Paper Months into the development cycle and with costs for its database tier getting out of control, medical profiling startup Medigenesis decided to switch from Solaris and Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 running on Intel-based servers. [25 Feb 2004]
Solaris 9 to make Sun more competitive
News Sun Microsystems says its Solaris 9 operating system can lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of large server networks. But before committing to Solaris 9, enterprises should verify Sun's claims. On 27 May 2002, Sun's Solaris 9 Operating... [30 May 2002]
Solaris OS Networking - The Magic Revealed
White Paper The networking stack of the Solaris 1.x Operating System was a BSD variant and was pretty similar to the BSD Reno implementation. With the Solaris 2.x OS, the networking stack went through a makeover and transitioned from a BSD-style stack to a... [01 Nov 2006]
