Sun Microsystems has taken a number of steps recently in promoting the SolarisTM 10 Operating System (Solaris OS). These include support for the open source Postgres database, which will be distributed with Solaris OS. Integration of SolarisTM ZFS (zettabyte file system), a new 128-bit file system with OpenSolaris is yet another move to promote the adoption of the Solaris OS, as are Sun's plans to integrate SolarisTM Containers for Linux Applications, a solution that will enable the running of Red Hat binaries without modification on Solaris 10 OS into OpenSolaris. Sun also showed results of its involvement with the Xen open source project, which enables provisioning and managing of Solaris OS to a virtualized server environment.

"We continue to redefine how people think of the operating system," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Software for Sun. "I don't see how any vendor can survive long term without offering a full spectrum of services - ranging from the file system, networking, management, virtualization, observability, provisioning and database, widely available and open source."

Integrating the Postgres open source data base into the Solaris 10 OS will give customers worldwide 24x7 support in their effort to develop and deploy open source database solutions into enterprise environments. Sun and the PostgresSQL community are working to make the best possible use of the advanced technologies in the Solaris 10 OS.

Using Solaris Containers for Linux Applications will enable users of Red Hat applications to run them on the Solaris OS without modification, consolidating multiple environments onto a unitary platform, leveraging the reliability, scalability, observability and manageability of Solaris OS while also preserving application compatibility with Linux applications. This move elevates the Solaris OS to the number one spot as the platform of choice for developing, testing, deploying and managing Solaris and Linux applications.

Sun is also capitalizing on its involvement in the Xen project, the open source community effort that is developing new virtualization technologies that will enable multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on one hardware system and to migrate an operating system environment to another hardware system with minimal downtime. Sun has demonstrated the use of Sun N1TM System Manager to provision Xen with multiple operating systems in a Xen virtualized environment across lines of both Sun and AMD Opteron servers.

Solaris ZFS, Sun's next generation file system, includes self-healing data through advanced error detection and correction, task automation and build-in storage virtualization that eliminates the complexity of using a volume manager.

"Incorporating ZFS into the Solaris Operating Environment presents a compelling value proposition as it will compete with other solutions cost burdened with expensive software such as Veritas Volume Manager and File System at a much lower price point. This combined with Sun's new server products will put a high end UNIXR solution within reach of cost conscious small and medium enterprises," said Michael Minichino, IT director at Parago.

Yet another aspect of Sun's promotional efforts behind the Solaris 10 OS will include the SunSM Update Connection [15439], which can provide users with ready access to all the latest Solaris 10 OS fixes and features over the network. The update will integrate support for new systems, increased network performance and improved memory management functionality. Additionally the update will include the Grub Boot Loader, which speeds the adoption of new Sun x86 hardware platforms and peripherals. [...read more...]

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