SNI Editor-in-Chief/CTO John J. McLaughlin posts items of interest to Sun Users on a regular basis on his blog. Some of those items will become detailed articles in this newsletter. Here's a quick recap of John's posts for the last week:

Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1

Sun HPC ClusterTools 7.1, an update release based on Open MPI 1.2.4, is now available. The release notes outlines the major new features of the ClusterTools 7.1 software. Read more.

Sun at Supercomputing 2007

Sun had a significant presence at Supercomputing 2007 in Reno, NV. The press kit associated with event has a list of highlights and resources Read more.

Java SE 6 u2 Performance: 75% Better SPECjbb2005

In a recent white paper, "Java SE 6 Performance White Paper", Sun provides an overview of the new performance and scalability improvements in Java SE 6 along with various industry standard and internally developed benchmark results to demonstrate the impact of these improvements. Read more.

COMSTAR - Solaris as a SCSI (not iSCSI, SCSI) Target

COMSTAR (Common Multiprotocol SCSI Target) allows a server running OpenSolaris to look like a SCSI storage array to another server. Aaron Dailey write about this "disruptive technology" in his blog. Read more.

Sun Datacenter Switch 3456

Sun has introduced the world's largest InfiniBand core switch, the Sun Datacenter Switch 3456. The total data throughput for the switch is 110,100 Gbps with a port-to-port latency of 700 nanosecond. Read more.

Open xVM Website

Sun has launched a new community site for xVM at http://openXVM.org. The intro to the site says: "xVM is the intersection of virtualization and management. OpenxVM is a community hub for a number of related open source projects that together create the next generation of data center infrastructure. By combining virtualization software and data center automation tools, OpenxVM technology provides the technologies to operate data centers at radically reduced costs." Read more.

Deconstructing the Security Capabilities of the Solaris 10 OS

Glenn Brunette is a Sun Distinguished Engineer with nearly 15 years experience in information security. He recently delivered a talk called "Hack-Fu - Deconstructing the Security Capabilities of the Solaris 10 OS." He states, "The presentation is structured from the viewpoint of a potential attacker examining the system from the network." Read more.

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