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Sun Software
22 Oct 2007
#18803
Solaris 8 Migration Assistant (Project Etude) Now Available
Easily Migrate Solaris 8 Environment to Solaris 10

The Solaris 8 Migration Assistant accelerates migration of application environments from the Solaris 8 Operating System (Solaris OS) to Solaris 10 OS by capturing and converting the entire environment of the Solaris 8 source system and then transferring it to a Solaris Container running on the targeted Solaris 10 system. Try it out now by downloading the software that comes with a 90-day evaluation license.

22 Oct 2007
#18782
Solaris OS and UltraSPARC T2 Processor
Together Technologies Add Even More Enhanced Performance Features

Get a technical perspective on the UltraSPARC T2 processor and the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) from Steven Sistare, who offers insight into core pipeline and thread scheduling; cache associativity; virtual memory; block copy; and performance counters.

22 Oct 2007
#18812
Sun Cluster Support for T5120 and T5220 Servers Now Offered
Adds Manageability and Availability Attributes

Sun now provides Sun Cluster 3.1 and 3.2 support for the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 Tier 3 servers, the latest CoolThreads servers based on the UltraSPARC T2 chip multithreading (CMT) processor. Sun Cluster is a "Service Level management" platform that facilitates delivery of higher service levels, at lower service level costs and at reduced risk.

22 Oct 2007
#18794
Solaris Cluster 3.2 Now Supported in LDoms I/O Domains
Offers Better Utilization of Hardware, Flexibility in App Deployments

Solaris Cluster 3.2 is now supported in Logical Domains (LDoms) I/O domains, which are domains that include physical devices and are not dependent on other domains for their operation. LDoms version 1.0.1 is required as is either Solaris 10 11/06 or Solaris 10 8/07, both with required patches installed.

22 Oct 2007
#18843
Getting the Most out of Sun Studio 12 on CoolThreads Servers
Features OpenMP, dmake, Parallel Applications

Users of the UltraSPARC T1- and T2-based systems will want to take advantage of the enterprise-level capabilities of these servers with such applications as Sun Studio 12. The Sun Studio Engineering staff has provided a developer tip on how to best use Sun Studio in developing applications for CoolThreads systems. They helpfully include information on Cool Tools, as well as on other aspects of the subject.

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