FireEngine: A re-architecture of networking stack to deliver blazing performance out of the box and linear scalability for multi processor systems. The new GLDv3 high performance device driver framework is built on top of the re-architected stack and allows dynamic switching between interrupt and polling mode, 10Gb NIC performance, and trunking support.

Solaris 10 is a significant new release composed of innovative and far-reaching new features that can significantly improve how you manage your IT infrastructure. This white paper is a wide-ranging and detailed look at the most significant features of this ground-breaking release.

This paper provides key facts to help customers choose between Linux and Solaris for x64/x86 servers. Each section focuses on a key area that exposes important differences between Solaris and Linux including performance and scalability, secuity, stability, cost, etc.

POSTMARK performance comparisons of Solaris UFS, Linux ext3 and ReiserFS.

Predictive Self-Healing is an innovative capability that automatically diagnoses, isolates, and recovers from many hardware and application faults. Business-critical applications and essential system services can continue uninterrupted in the event of software failures, major hardware component failures and even software misconfiguration problems. Use this white paper to understand the scope and potential of this new feature for your enterprise.

An impressive solution for your server consolidation challenges, Solaris Containers isolate software applications and services using flexible, software-defined boundaries. This gives businesses the ability to define and meet service levels by dynamically controlling application and resource priorities. Reading this white paper is a great first step to understanding the potential and inner workings of Solaris Containers.

Solaris 10 incorporates advanced security features designed to protect the enterprise at multiple levels. This white paper covers the scope of business-critical security features new to Solaris 10, including a redesigned cryptographic framework and an implementation of Process Rights Management, all designed to keep Solaris as your best choice in OS security.

This white paper provides guidelines for porting applications to Solaris OS for x86. Real-world case studies from a number of ISVs highlight the ease of the porting process, the resources involved and issues to consider.

Solaris Volume Manager greatly simplifies storage administration and allows many operations to occur online, minimizing the need for costly downtime. This white paper is targeted at system managers and administrators who have experience with VERITAS Volume Manager and are considering Solaris Volume Manager software as a replacement or companion storage management solution.

Companies would like to consolidate their installation and deployment operations to one central location, booting and installing software on servers deployed in lights-out facilities around the world. Secure WAN Boot, the first of its type to be provided by a major UNIX vendor, provides a method to securely boot and install systems over the Internet.

The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the SunPlex system, detailing the features that enable the creation of vertically and horizontally scalable clusters for both off-the-shelf and custom applications. It also illustrates how SunPlex systems meet the needs of every industry, and how they can be used to deliver different forms of application services.

This benchmark study (dated April'03) compares the performance of UNIX File System (UFS) and Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) against VERITAS Foundation Suite 3.5 (VERITAS File System, VxFS on VERITAS Volume Manager VxVM)

Read about the Solaris Network Resource Management technology which replaces the Solaris Bandwidth Manager product available for previous Solaris releases. This technology is usually referred to as IP quality of service (QoS), or simply IPQoS.

For organizations running Solaris Resource Manager 1.x, moving from the Solaris 8, 7, or 2.6 platform to newer versions of Solaris requires migrating existing settings to the Resource Manager. This guide provides an overview of the architectural differences between the products, as well as the steps required to make the move.

When company executives begin to think of doing business in other regions, the global-ready Solaris Operating System offers a single, global solution, with support for 39 languages and 162 geographic locales in a unified package.

The Solaris Operating System - Meeting the Challenge of Accessibility

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Sun's accessibility strategy is based on the conviction that the entire system architecture should be built around an open and flexible set of interfaces that can facilitate the deployment of accessible applications throughout the software stack. With built-in accessibility features, the Solaris Operating System will broaden its support to even more users, including those with disabilities.

Sun is continually developing applications and tools to help IT managers and administrators meet the goals of lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while simplifying the processes involved. Sun provides multiple tools in the Solaris Operating System - including Solaris Web Start software, Solaris JumpStart software, Secure WAN Boot, Solaris Live Upgrade and Solaris Flash - to help administrators install and maintain systems.

A component of the Solaris Operating System, Solaris Volume Manager helps provide high data availability and reliability, enhanced system and I/O performance, and simple large system and disk administration.

This paper offers a technical overview of how the Solaris 9 implementation of PAM works, and demonstrates the straight forward way in which it can be configured to accommodate site specific security policy requirement.

Keeping systems data secure - including corporate and partner information - is of strategic importance in this age of connected business. Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), which provides highly configurable protection at the IP layer, can be a major advantage in protecting a business.

As more network users require greater access to remote systems, the risk of compromised accounts and systems increases. Without proper safeguards, data can be intercepted while traveling between the client and server. Solaris Secure Shell provides commands for remote login and file transfer and can also be used as an on-demand virtual private network (VPN) to help safeguard against attacks.

The Solaris 9 Operating System contains innovations for multithreaded applications - chiefly, the adoption of a highly tuned and tested "1:1" thread model in preference to the historic "MxN" implementation.

In the latest release of the Solaris 9 Operating System, Sun has significantly improved the functionality of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) software, making it one of the best in the industry.

The Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator (NCA) improves the performance of most popular web servers and makes it easier to efficiently manage resources and provide a higher level of service. It also reduces the number of systems required to do a particular task and thus allows better utilization of existing resources, resulting in lower cost of ownership.

The Trusted Solaris 8 Operating System -- an extension of the Solaris 8 Operating System -- is designed for deployments where enhanced security and policy enforcement is of key importance.

IEEE Internet Computing article on deploying IPv6.

What does IPv6 mean for your business? First of all, it means there's no limit to the number of people you can reach -- and who can reach you -- through the Net. But that's really just the beginning.