OpenSolaris 2009.06 Reinvents Network, Storage and Compute
Today, Sun released the latest iteration of the Solaris operating system, OpenSolaris 2009.06, and in this humble comms pro's opinion it is the most exciting OS release from Sun since last year's launch of OpenSolaris. To wit: the latest release includes features that will change the way people think of networking and storage, and it contains core compute enhancements in performance and virtualization -- not to mention a slew of advances that will make using and developing on OpenSolaris easier and more enjoyable than ever.
Exciting new data center features include:
What's New in OpenSolaris 2009.06?
The Promise of Open Networking
So, what are you waiting for? Get OpenSolaris now!
Exciting new data center features include:
- Open Networking -- Using technologies developed in the Crossbow Project, the Open Networking capabilities allow enterprises to handle many common networking procedures in software and enjoy the cost benefits of network virtualization rather than paying a pound of flesh for proprietary silicon from today's networking vendors.
- COMSTAR -- The COMSTAR storage framework turns any OpenSolaris system into a block-level storage device, allowing datacenter operators the ability to use commodity hardware and an open source operating system to save orders of magnitude on costs when deploying a storage architecture.
- Server virtualization -- OpenSolaris now includes support for Solaris Containers (the lightweight and powerful OS virtualization solution), Logical Domains (the SPARC hypervisor that provides additional isolation and security) and the xVM hypervisor (the x86 hypervisor based on Sun's version of the Xen community virtualization effort). Plus, OpenSolaris allow customers to mix and match virtualization solutions to achieve the best architecture for a given workload.
- Performance -- OpenSolaris now commands more than 25 world records for performance, including multiple world records for database and open source application stack workloads.
- SourceJuicer -- The infomercial-sounding feature offers developers an automated mechanism for publishing OpenSolaris packages.
- Project Speedway -- The soon to be released Project Speedway allows developers to use a "cloud-like" infrastructure to interact with Sun's high end systems (without paying for them) in order to ensure that applications work across the best platforms.
- TimeSlider -- The ZFS on the desktop feature is like Time Capsule on Macs only way more powerful. It now includes a number of new features that exploit the enormous power of ZFS to ensure that you never lose a file, a chunk of code or a presentation slide again.
- IPS -- The Image Packaging System just got easier to use-- making it faster than ever to find and download enhancements to the core operating system.
What's New in OpenSolaris 2009.06?
The Promise of Open Networking
So, what are you waiting for? Get OpenSolaris now!
