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- Solaris ZFS and Microsoft Server 2003 NTFS: File System Performance
- The Solaris 10 06/06 Operating System OS introduces a new data management technology - the Solaris ZFS file system. Replacing the traditionally separate file system and volume manager functionality found in most operating environments, Solaris ZFS provides immense capacity and performance coupled with a proven data integrity model and simplified...
- Tags: NTFS, Performance, File System, Microsoft Corp., Sun Solaris, Data Management, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-01
- Solaris ZFS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux ext3: File System Performance
- The Solaris 10 06/06 Operating System OS introduces a major new data management technology - the Solaris ZFS file system. Replacing the traditionally separate file system and volume manager functionality found in most operating environments, Solaris ZFS provides immense capacity and performance coupled with a proven data integrity model and...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Red Hat Inc., File System, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-01
- ZFS, Sun's Cutting-Edge File System (Part 1: Storage Integrity, Security, and Scalability)
- Sun's recent addition to the Solaris 10 06/06 Operating System, ZFS, is an innovative ground-up redesign of the traditional UNIX file system. Even though it's still early in its life cycle, ZFS has made such an impact that other UNIX vendors and open source enthusiasts have already intimated their plans...
- Tags: Security, Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, Scalability, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software
- White papers 2006-08-01
- Apple shifting to Solaris file system
- Sun Microsystems president and CEO Jonathan Schwartz, speaking at a company event, said that Sun's ZFS file system will be "the" file system for Apple's upcoming Leopard version of Mac OS X. This has stirred up some debate over whether he misspoke about whether ZFS will be...
- Tags: File System, Apple Inc., Sun Solaris, ZFS, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- Apple shifting to Solaris file system
- As it stands, Apple has always excelled into morphing technical features into nifty and very usable features. Would anyone take a stab at what kind of innovation could be up the horizon with the ZFS as the default file system.
- Tags: paulmah@..., file system, Apple Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2007-06-08
- Veritas Storage Foundation and Sun Solaris ZFS: A Performance Study Based on Commercial Workloads
- This whitepaper compares how Veritas Storage Foundation and Solaris ZFS perform for commercial workloads. The paper describes not only the raw performance numbers, but also the system and storage resources required to achieve those numbers. Pure performance numbers are interesting, but what is often ignored is how much CPU time,...
- Tags: Performance, VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Number, Performance Management, Storage, Sun Solaris, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-08-02
- ZFS, Sun's Cutting-Edge File System (Part 2: Ease of Administration and Future Enhancements)
- ZFS, Sun's Cutting-Edge File System (Part 1: Storage Integrity, Security, and Scalability), the first paper in this two-part series, presented a basic overview of Sun's ground-breaking new file system and talked about its data integrity and security model as well as its massive scalability. This paper focuses on the ease...
- Tags: Security, Sun Microsystems Inc., Administration, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Human Resources
- White papers 2006-09-01
- The advantages of the ZFS
- If you deal with storage, databases or just large amount of files, perhaps you might like to share your thoughts about how the features of ZFS could certainly benefit you in your workplace, assuming it can be implemented in the OS of your choice.
- Tags: Storage, paulmah@..., ZFS
- Discussion threads 2007-06-17
- The advantages of Sun's ZFS filesystem
- Recent weeks have seen some waves created in the normal placid waters of filesystems by the inadvertent announcement of the inclusion of the ZFS into OS X by Sun's CEO, denial by Apple, then finally cautious confirmation that the ZFS will indeed be included in the latest release of...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., File System, ZFS, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-06-17
- OpenSolaris gets CIFS
- OpenSolaris, the open-source varient of Sun's Solaris, is getting an in-kernel CIFS Common Internet File System service. This will allow Microsoft users to store and retrieve files from an OpenSolaris system. The in-kernel implementation of CIFS in Solaris will result in it gaining tight integration with...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Common Internet File System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-20
- UNIX File System and VERITAS File System 3.5 on Solaris 9 Operating System
- This benchmark study compares the performance of UNIX File System UFS, Sun's integrated and preferred file system for general-purpose Solaris software installations, and Solaris Volume Manager software against VERITAS Foundation Suite 3.5 software (VERITAS File System, VxFS 3.5 on VERITAS Volume Manager, VxVM 3.5). This benchmark study also indicates that...
- Tags: Sun Solaris 9, VERITAS Software Corp., Operating System, File System, VERITAS File System, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Storage, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2003-04-08
- Nebelwerfer
- blog rootHouse of Solaris IT FriendsSolaris Administration Solaris Networking Solaris Directory Service - LDAPSolaris Perfomance Tuning Solaris Security Solaris System Recover - JumpStart
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, felicidadegraca@..., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2005-06-16
- Kernel Solaris Data Recovery Software (exe)
- Kernel Solaris recovers data from deleted, formatted, damaged, or corrupted partitions where unix based Sun Solaris operating system is installed on the hard disk. Kernel Recovery for Solaris Intel is advanced data recovery utility recovers data from corrupted Solaris volumes where UFS based file systems are installed. Kernel Solaris supports...
- Tags: Data Recovery, Kernel, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-07-24
- Understanding the Basics About Solaris Containers in the Solaris 10 OS
- This paper aims to identify the basics of Solaris Containers in the Solaris 10 Operating System so that Sun's developers, system administrators, ISVs, partners and customers will know how to address common tasks related to this technology. Additionally, it addresses how Solaris Containers should be used and what the limitations...
- Tags: Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Spotlight on Solaris Zones Feature
- A new and interesting feature in the Solaris 10 Operating System (which first appeared in Software Express for Solaris 6/04) is Solaris Containers technology, a way to virtualize system resources and use multiple software partitions with one instance of the OS. The Solaris Containers functionality comprises two main components, Solaris...
- Tags: Solaris Containers Functionality, Solaris Zones Feature, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2004-09-07
- Solaris OE Guide for New System Administrators
- This paper contains the most relevant 20% of technical information reader will need to know when working with Solaris and Sun platforms. It should answer 80% of your Solaris questions. This document is intended to serve as a "how to" collection for those who are new to Solaris system administration...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris Operating Environment, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2003-04-11
- File System Performance: The Solaris OS, UFS, Linux ext3, and ReiserFS
- This paper focuses on a specific benchmark example to highlight how these improvements have enhanced the performance of Solaris systems. It presents initial comparisons of the Solaris OS and Linux performance using the PostMark file system benchmark. PostMark has become an industry-standard benchmark, designed to emulate Internet applications such as...
- Tags: Operating System, File System, PostMark, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Linux, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Solaris 10 What's New
- This paper summarizes all features in the Solaris 10 Operating System Solaris OS that are new or have been enhanced since the Solaris 9 OS was originally distributed. In the Solaris 10 OS, Sun Microsystems has developed a new architecture for building and deploying systems and services that are capable...
- Tags: Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Technology, Solaris 10 OS, Predictive Self-Healing Feature, Sun Solaris, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Sun's Solaris 10 for x86: A Platform for Enterprise Applications
- Sun's Solaris 10 operating system is now available for both SPARC and x86 platforms. Its new features give software partners multiple reasons to update their current Solaris applications written for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9. This IDC white paper examines the Solaris 10 operating system, its new features - including...
- Tags: Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Enterprise Application, International Data Group, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2005-09-01
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