Sun completed its acquisition of MySQL this week and has announced new subscriptions and services to accompany the product line [19531]. The company also completed its acquisition of Vauu, Inc. this month [19501].
In 4Q07 Server Market analyses, Sun reportedly held the number one spot in UNIX shipments [19499]. The Sun Fire X4150 has set both single- and dual-JVM benchmarks [19486].
Storage news finds the Sun StorageTek 5800 System source code released [19539] and new additions to Sun's open archive portfolio launched [19543].
Learn how to run Indiana Preview 2 under innotek's VirtualBox [19504]. Plus, new software downloads include Solaris Cluster 2/08 [19526] and Sun xVM Ops Center installation documentation [19511].
Customers trading in two Sun Fire V240 servers can receive a 50 percent trade-in allowance when they purchase a new Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 or Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 server. With this special offer, customers will be able to transition from the UltraSPARC IIIi technology to the latest multi-threaded technologies more economically.
Sun is introducing a "no pain, all gain solution" by offering 10 percent off the list price of its Backup Optimization Analysis service that can show you how to get maximum results from your existing backup system and provide you with guidelines for improving your future storage strategy by analyzing backup, tape library, switch and HBA products, storage and performance information.
Sun is now the owner of MySQL AB and MySQL's complete portfolio of products and enterprise services are available as are free downloads, which can be found at Sun's MySQL home page. With the acquisition completed, Sun announced it is offering 7X24 year round global, enterprise-class database subscriptions and services for the entire MySQL product line.
Both Gartner and IDC reports on the fourth quarter server shipments for 2007 show Sun and Dell neck-in-neck, tying for the third position in total server factory revenue. Gartner's numbers, in terms of server revenue, listed Dell at 11.4% and Sun at 10.8%. IDC determined the two companies ended the quarter in a statistical tie for third place with factory revenue market share of 10.1% and 9.3% respectively.
Sun will be collaborating with the Ministry of Education (MOE) for the People's Republic of China to promote OpenSPARC technology within select Chinese universities under a three-year agreement that targets three specific areas: Education, Research, and Industry Development.
In the midst of the MySQL and innotek/VirtualBox acquisition excitement, Sun quietly completed its buy of Vaau, Inc. on February 15. The Enterprise Role Management (ERM) and identity compliance solution provider is expected to improve Sun's overall competitive position in the identity audit and compliance space.
The six-month old Sun-IBM OEM agreement allowing IBM to distribute the Solaris Operating System and Solaris subscriptions for select x86-based IBM System x servers and BladeCenter servers has finally hit the market. In its February 19th software announcement, IBM noted that the Solaris OS will be supported on BladeCenter LS41 and HS21 servers and IBM System x3650, x3755, and x3850 M2 servers.
Sun's commitment to transparency, its "Innovate, Act, Share" philosophy, and continued practice of openness through innovation while driving economic and social progress around the world has earned the company the 15th spot on Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) Magazine's 2008 100 Best Corporate Citizens list.
System News posts items of interest for Sun users on a regular basis on the System News For Sun Users blog. Some of those items will become detailed articles in this newsletter. A quick recap of posts for the last week includes Announcements from the Sun Worldwide Education and Research Conference, VMware Infrastructure Product Suite on Sun x64 Servers, Federal Agencies to Have Easier Access to Sun Solutions Through CDW Government Agreement, and Sun Completes Acquisition of MySQL; Offers New Services.
Solaris Cluster Express 2/08 is the third revision of the open source software that offers a complete version of Solaris Cluster software. It runs on SPARC-based platforms and on 32-bit or 64-bit x86-based platforms. This latest version is compatible with Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE) 1/08.
Documentation for the Sun xVM Ops Center 1.0 installation is available now, as indicated by Jeff Ferreira in Sun xVM Central, where he invites users to have a look and provide feedback. The documentation addresses installing Sun xVM Ops Center servers, proxies, and agents.
Alan Burlison blogs on his experience with innotek's VirtualBox and Indiana.
He reports that he found the Virtualbox admin GUI "very easy to use," and that it was possible to quickly set up a VM to install Windows XP on top of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). He discovered as well that he could run Indiana 2 under VirtualBox.
Version 4.0 of the Sun Java System Role Manager brings enhanced role and rule management features along with enhanced identity certification, glossary, application program interface (API), and system features. Role Manager was formerly known as Vaau's flagship solution RBACx prior to Sun's acquisition of the company.
Service Tools Bundle 1.0 (STB 1.0), an install script that contains ServiceTags 1.1.2 and Explorer 5.11, is available for download. ServiceTags 1.1.2 and the script accommodate the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) version with roll out simplified for Solaris 8, 9, or 10 OS addressable in the same way.
Back in December, Sun announced that with the release of NetBeans 6.0, the Sun Java Studio Enterprise would eventually be retired and encouraged users to migrate to the open source Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Well, that time has come. May 23, 2008, is the last order date for the Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1.
In a recent blog, BM Seer reports on the two SPECjbb2005 benchmarks set by the Sun Fire X4150 Server in both single- and dual-JVM tests. In both instances, the Sun Fire X4150 Server was equipped with 2 Intel X5460 quad-core processors and running Sun J2SE 1.6.0_05-p. Using the same processor, Seer reports, the Sun Fire X4150 with the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS) and Java HotSpot 32-Bit server beat the results of Dell and Lenovo, which used Windows and BEA JRocket on the multi-JVM test.
Sun Blade 6000 chassis 1.1a firmware provides a browser-based user interface (BUI) to the ILOM 2.0.3.1 for the Sun Blade 6000 Chassis Management Module (CMM), giving users a choice of Command Line Interface (CLI) or BUI for managing and monitoring the Sun Blade 6000 chassis and blades.
One of the latest updates to the Netra CT410 and Netra CT810 Bladed Servers is the 73GB 15RPM Ultra 3 SCSI HDD Hard Drive X-Option. The RoHS-6 opt. internal disk X-option offers a faster spindle rate, and combined with higher indexing operations, faster data transfer rate.
Sun's recent announcements on the release of the Niagara 2 rack server in the Netra line drew the attention of IP Communications Group Richard Grigonis who suggests that the Sun Netra T5220 server "should be terrific for virtualization and consolidation scenarios" because of its 64 virtual systems in a 2U high, 20-inch-deep form factor.
Tim Thomas has written a paper on "Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault." Thomas' paper includes a configuration script for this solution that should enable one to configure a Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage in just a few minutes.
Recently added products to Sun's remanufactured list include Sun Fire X4600 M2, Sun Fire X4500 Data Server, Sun Fire X4600, Sun Fire X2200 M2 X64-based servers, and Netra 1280 servers. Remanufactured Sun products are rebuilt to deliver the same performance, quality, and investment protection as new Sun systems, at reduced prices.
With newer generation products in place, Sun has decided to retire a few Sun Blade configurations and products along with Sun Fire and Ultra products. These include Sun Blade X8420 Server Module with AMD Opteron 8216 Processor; Standard Configuration and CPU upgrade kit for Sun Blade X6250; 80 GB SATA Hard Drive for Sun Blade configurations; AMD Opteron Quad Core Upgrade Kit, SAS HBA for Sun Fire X2100 M2 and X2200 M2 Servers; and Ultra 20 M2 workstation.
Code for the Sun StorageTek 5800 (previously known as "Project Honeycomb") has been donated to the OpenSolaris storage and Java.net communities. Developers can now freely download the Sun StorageTek 5800 binary code, which runs on virtually any x86 system.
Sun has released some new additions to its open archive portfolio, including the Sun StorageTek SL3000 Modular Library System, Sun StorageTek T9840D Tape Drive, Sun Crypto Key Management System (KMS) 2.0, and Sun Customer Ready Infinite Archive System. Developers can download open archive technology at OpenSolaris for free.
Sun is making available new capacity options for 36TB and 48TB of storage to its Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library Value (VTL Value) product line with Integrated Services (Sun System Packs.) VTL Value is designed to reduce the cost and complexity of backup and recovery processes for small to medium size IT environments. This product also supports remote office/back office environment replication of back-up data to core IT sites for disaster recovery and business continuity.
Among the new product offerings in the Sun StorageTek 2500 Series of Arrays is the Sun StorageTek 2510 iSCSI Disk Array, which provides storage consolidation using iSCSI host connectivity by allowing simple, rapid set-up of Storage Area Networks (SANs), without the cost and complexity of Fibre Channel switches. Sun also is announcing new drive options including new 400GB 10K SAS drives and 1TB 7.2K SATA-II drives.
There are now Sun StorageTek LT03 Half Height(HH) SAS Drive Options available for the Sun StorageTek SL24 Tape Autoloader and the entry level StorageTek SL48 Tape Library. The Sun StorageTek SL 24 Tape Autoloader provides high capacity automated backup and recovery in a space-efficient 2U form factor (24 slots) that supports one full height drive or up to two half height drives. The Sun StorageTek SL48 Tape Library features automated backup and recovery in a 4U form factor (48 slots) and ships with one drive but can support up to two full height drives or up to four half height drives.
To maintain its competitive pricing and continue the momentum of interest shown by customers, Sun is reducing the price on 300GB 15K and 146GB 15K Fibre Channel drives for the Sun StorageTek 6140 and 6540 arrays.
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