What Makes Open Solar Is Interesting
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What Makes OpenSolaris Interesting?
What is OpenSolaris? New operating system distribution, based on source code of Solaris First release: 2008.05 Open source Redistributable Free to use and deploy Supported
It's NOT your father's Solaris
It's NOT your father's Solaris
Solaris vs. OpenSolaris*
* Other Sun & community distributions are also available!
OpenSolaris is Easy to get ISO image, bittorent, mirrors Easy to install Modern graphical installer Easy to use Gnome environment + many applications Easy to maintain Update using package repositories
Features Redistributable LiveCD image Boot it to give it a try Install from live session Accelerated video drivers Gnome/compiz desktop Basic software included Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, ... Package manager
Interesting technologies: ZFS Zettabyte file system First 128-bit file system Almost unlimited storage size Instantaneous snapshots Easy rollback End-to-end integrity No volume manager
Interesting technologies: ZFS
Interesting technologies: DTrace Dynamic troubleshooting and analysis tool Provides observability across the entire software stack from one tool Used for Troubleshooting software bugs Detailed observability Capturing profiling data for performance analysis
Interesting technologies: SMF SMF – Service Management Facility Replaces RC scripts Handles dependencies between services Fault management
Interesting technologies: IPS IPS – Image Packaging System Modern repository-based package delivery
Interesting technologies: Zones Zones / Containers Low overhead virtualization Example: run many Apaches on 1 server
Interesting technologies: CIFS CIFS support in kernel File sharing with Windows Based on smbfs True Windows SIDs Not just POSIX UIDs NT-style ACLs
For C/C++ Developers: Sun Studio
Leverage Solaris core values Scalability on large systems Does Linux scale well on 8-CPU machines?
Leverage Solaris core values Compatibility for tens of years Solaris apps run unmodified on Solaris 8, 9, 10 OpenSolaris Any other Solaris-based distribution Runs very well on x86 and x64 Performance Rewritten TCP/IP stack in Solaris 10 Security Name a Solaris virus!
Where is (Open)Solaris deployed the most? Where security matters Governments, organizations with sensitive data, military, ... Where scale matters Large web deployments Where money is handled Financial organizations In general Anywhere where data integrity, scale, security, stability, reliability, etc. matters
Why should you care?
Source: indeed.com
How do I get started? Visit www.opensolaris.com Get the Live CD
What is OpenSolaris? New operating system distribution, based on source code of Solaris First release: 2008.05 Open source Redistributable Free to use and deploy Supported
It's NOT your father's Solaris
It's NOT your father's Solaris
Solaris vs. OpenSolaris*
* Other Sun & community distributions are also available!
OpenSolaris is Easy to get ISO image, bittorent, mirrors Easy to install Modern graphical installer Easy to use Gnome environment + many applications Easy to maintain Update using package repositories
Features Redistributable LiveCD image Boot it to give it a try Install from live session Accelerated video drivers Gnome/compiz desktop Basic software included Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, ... Package manager
Interesting technologies: ZFS Zettabyte file system First 128-bit file system Almost unlimited storage size Instantaneous snapshots Easy rollback End-to-end integrity No volume manager
Interesting technologies: ZFS
Interesting technologies: DTrace Dynamic troubleshooting and analysis tool Provides observability across the entire software stack from one tool Used for Troubleshooting software bugs Detailed observability Capturing profiling data for performance analysis
Interesting technologies: SMF SMF – Service Management Facility Replaces RC scripts Handles dependencies between services Fault management
Interesting technologies: IPS IPS – Image Packaging System Modern repository-based package delivery
Interesting technologies: Zones Zones / Containers Low overhead virtualization Example: run many Apaches on 1 server
Interesting technologies: CIFS CIFS support in kernel File sharing with Windows Based on smbfs True Windows SIDs Not just POSIX UIDs NT-style ACLs
For C/C++ Developers: Sun Studio
Leverage Solaris core values Scalability on large systems Does Linux scale well on 8-CPU machines?
Leverage Solaris core values Compatibility for tens of years Solaris apps run unmodified on Solaris 8, 9, 10 OpenSolaris Any other Solaris-based distribution Runs very well on x86 and x64 Performance Rewritten TCP/IP stack in Solaris 10 Security Name a Solaris virus!
Where is (Open)Solaris deployed the most? Where security matters Governments, organizations with sensitive data, military, ... Where scale matters Large web deployments Where money is handled Financial organizations In general Anywhere where data integrity, scale, security, stability, reliability, etc. matters
Why should you care?
Source: indeed.com
How do I get started? Visit www.opensolaris.com Get the Live CD
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