Hardware Compatibility List for Virtualization Platforms

The new Virtualization HCL on BigAdmin lists virtualization platforms (such as VMware and Sun VirtualBox) that are compatible with the OpenSolaris OS and the Solaris OS. For details, see the BigAdmin blog entry, "Are you bored with the BigAdmin HCL?"

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 21, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun Studio Blogging Contest Winner

In his blog entry, Sandeep Koranne, one of our contest winners, describes how Sun Studio 12 compilers are used to engineer a complex, innovative discrete geometry algorithmic application.

Posted at 03:17PM Oct 20, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

HPC Profiling with the Sun Studio Performance Tools

Sun Microsystems' Marty Itzkowitz and Yukon Maruyama describe how to use the Sun Studio Performance Tools to understand the performance issues in single-threaded, multi-threaded, OpenMP, and MPI applications, and the techniques used to profile them. This paper was originally presented at the Third Parallel Tools Workshop held in Dresden, Germany in September.

Posted at 04:37PM Oct 16, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Getting Started With the OpenSolaris OS

In this article, OpenSolaris expert Brian Leonard explains how to get started with the OpenSolaris operating system.

Posted at 10:15AM Oct 13, 2009 by CW, managing editor in OpenSolaris  | 

Tutorial: DTrace by Example

This tutorial uses DTrace, a powerful diagnostic tool introduced in the Solaris 10 OS, to analyze several applications and shows how its use can improve performance.

Posted at 10:13AM Oct 13, 2009 by CW, managing editor in OpenSolaris  | 

Join Us at Oracle OpenWorld 2009

Meet key Sun Studio engineers in our booth in the Exhibition Hall and learn about the latest innovations in Sun Studio software. Hope to see you there!

Posted at 03:08PM Oct 09, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Free Event: Solaris Security Summit on Nov. 3rd

Join us at the Solaris Security Summit on Tues. Nov 3rd, co-located with USENIX LISA in Baltimore, Maryland.

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 06, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Tutorial: DTrace by Example

This tutorial uses DTrace, a powerful diagnostic tool introduced in the Solaris 10 OS, to analyze several applications and shows how its use can improve performance.

Posted at 06:25PM Sep 28, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Deploying Joomla! CMS on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems

A BigAdmin deployment guide covers installing and configuring the Joomla! Content Management System with Sun's Unified Storage systems. This scenario uses Sun Storage 7110 Unified Storage System (version 2009.Q2) and Sun servers running the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release with PHP, MySQL, and Apache web server.

Posted at 08:00AM Sep 25, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Video Tutorials: An Introduction to Parallel Computing

Ruud van der Pas discusses tuning for performance using Sun Studio tools, and the challenges brought on by today's new chip architectures in this seven-part video series.

Posted at 02:47PM Sep 18, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Now Available - Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Multi-Language Release

The Sun Studio 12 Update 1 release is now available for download in Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and English.

Posted at 03:40PM Sep 17, 2009 by CW, managing editor in Solaris-SunStudio  | 

Community Discussion on OpenSolaris Installation

Friday, September 4th, is the last day of our expert Q&A session on BigAdmin. Submit your question for Dave Miner, coauthor of OpenSolaris Bible. Or take a look at the questions submitted already by the community.

Posted at 02:07PM Sep 03, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

BigAdmin XPert Q&A on OpenSolaris Installation

A BigAdmin XPerts Q&A session on OpenSolaris Installation is scheduled with Dave Miner, coauthor of OpenSolaris Bible. (The session is planned for August 31st through September 4th.) Interact with a Sun expert and get your questions answered for the whole community to see. You can view previous questions and answers or pose a question yourself.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 31, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Immutable Service Containers: Addressing Security in a World of Changing Deployment

Glenn Brunette, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Security Architect, is working on a project that attempts to solve some of the bigger problems around the security of virtualized environments using Immutable Service Containers (ISCs)--an architectural deployment pattern for highly secure service delivery. Listen to this edition of Innovating@Sun in which Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering, and Brunette discuss ISCs.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 27, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun Support Resources for System Administrators

The new BigAdmin Support Resource Center covers Sun services and solutions of interest to sys admins, such as different support scenarios for the Solaris OS and OpenSolaris OS. For another perspective on our Support hub, see Rick's latest entry in the BigAdmin blog.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 26, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |