Features and Benefits April 12, 2004,
Volume 74, Issue 2
Multiple new features and an updated media kit with the latest version
of the Sun JavaTM Enterprise System is what to expect with Sun's
recent release of the SolarisTM 9 4/04 Operating System (Solaris OS)
for SPARCR and x86 platforms.
Overall Features and Benefits:
Pre-installed configurations of the Solaris 9 OS and the Sun
Java Enterprise System software on specific new Sun
hardware.
SolarisTM Volume Manager Configuration Service allows for storage
volumes to be simply configured by specifying the desired quality of
service that is required by the storage. This service makes it
significantly easier for system administrators to manage complex storage
volumes.
Scheduler enhancements for multiple thread processors that improve
performance and optimize applications with the speed and parallelism offered with the UltraSPARCR IV CMT processor architectures.
Sun BladeTM 1500 workstation and Sun BladeTM 2500 workstation support; cPCI 2130
platform support for Solaris OS.
Product Aware and Patch Tools give system administrators more
flexibility by allowing for the override of patches.
Custom Jump-start keywords for Metadevices simplifies the management
of mirrored disk in UFS filesystems.
Font Configuration framework allows better font management for
applications running on Solaris OS by providing font access to the
underlying management software.
Standard Type Services Framework is a new API for text and font
handling that improves the text display on Solaris OS.
Unify Product and pkg database provides coherency of the database and
simplifies the tasks of the system administrator and management software.
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