Fast Track to Solaris 10 Adoption: 64-bit Performance
Functionality & Usability Issues
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- This may be more of a hardware question, but how does the Solaris 10 OS handle the obp issue on Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based servers?
- Are there any developments on centralized patch management packaged with the Solaris 10 OS?
- Can I run 32-bit zones in a 64-bit global zone?
- From an existing SPARC platform, is it that easy for a C/C++ program to run without noticing a 64-bit environment?
- Replication mechanisms and volume snaps are becoming operating system features rather than add-on products, particularly in the Wintel space. Is Sun moving in that direction with the Solaris 10 OS and SNDR?
Q: This may be more of a hardware question, but how does the Solaris 10 OS handle the obp issue on Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based servers?
A: There are none. Solaris OS for x86 platforms uses the industry standard BIOS.
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Q: Are there any developments on centralized patch management packaged with the Solaris 10 OS?
A: You will have access to the Sun Update Network, called CNS (Customer Network System) functionality in the first update release of the Solaris 10 OS.
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Q: Can I run 32-bit zones in a 64-bit global zone?
A: Yes, you can.
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Q: From an existing SPARC platform, is it that easy for a C/C++ program to run without noticing a 64-bit environment?
A: I'll assume that you are migrating from SPARC 32-bit to AMD64. Yes, there may be problems if the application uses, say, int to hold an address; as for AMD64, pointers are 64-bit.
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Q: Replication mechanisms and volume snaps are becoming operating system features rather than add-on products, particularly in the Wintel space. Is Sun moving in that direction with the Solaris 10 OS and SNDR?
A: Yes, we are moving this way. The ZFS file system includes a very fast mechanism for snapshots.
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