Solaris 8 Operating System

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The Solaris 8 Operating System has reached the end of its shipping life. Its end of service life will be March 31, 2012.

More info about the Solaris 8 transition is available at: Solaris 8 Transition Information

Customers are encouraged to upgrade to and use the Solaris 10 operating system.

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Version	Get the Software
OS Upgrades	Upgrading to the Solaris 10 OS Solaris 10 OS datasheet

Key Features

Live upgrade Web Start Flash Role-based access control (RBAC) UFS Concurrent Direct I/O

» See detailed Features and Benefits

System Requirements

Required

SPARC (32- and 64-bit) or Intel Architecture (32-bit) platforms
Disk space: 600 MB for desktops; one GB for servers
Memory: 64 MB minimum

» See detailed System Requirements on Data Sheet

Companion Products and Services

»	BigAdmin Portal
	Sun's one-stop resource for system administrators.

»	Reference Architectures
	Accelerate the deployment of services on demand while addressing the complexity, resource constraints and other web services deployment issues.

»	Systems Management
	Tools for managing the Solaris OS.

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