Support Services -- Sun vs. Red Hat | Preview OpenSolaris 2010.02 Read online: http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNB%5f.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCfVYFPY0
OPENSOLARIS IGNITE NEWSLETTER September 2009 In this issue: * New OpenSolaris community http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC0.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCadOFOK0 * Preview OpenSolaris 2010.02 http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC2.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbECFOM0 * Disabling IPS cache http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC4.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbKWFOO0 * Read Ignite's translated versions http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC6.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbRKFOQ0 ______________________________ SUN VS. RED HAT Discover The Difference In Support This white paper provides a comparison of the two along with an analysis of individual product offerings and a look at key support organization attributes. Get the white paper http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC8.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbXeFOS0 ______________________________ NEWS Take an early look at OpenSolaris 2010.02 View screenshots and get a sneak peak at the next release of OpenSolaris scheduled for February 2010. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC2.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbECFOM0 New community focuses on architecture process and tools The ARC community is responsible for the stewardship of the "architectural commons" for the various OpenSolaris projects. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC0.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCadOFOK0 Bordeaux 2009 year end roadmap includes Solaris/OpenSolaris Get a recap of progress to date and upcoming features in Bordeaux 2.0. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCA.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCcVYFOb0 Subscribe to BigAdmin newsletter for sys admins We offer how-to content, resources, and community to help you deploy and maintain Sun technologies in a heterogeneous computing environment. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNe2.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeWaFPO0 Get the Toshiba OpenSolaris Laptop The ultra-portable Toshiba Port?g? R600 or the desktop replacement Toshiba Tecra M10 available in multiple configurations. Each laptop comes with 1 year of OpenSolaris Basic Support from Sun and 3 years of Hardware Warranty from Toshiba. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GOMW.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fDADaFPc0 ______________________________ REVIEWS It's time for Linux users to check out OpenSolaris If you've been playing around with alternative OSes and looking for something else, TuxRadar suggests OpenSolaris, citing its ZFS file system as one important reason to do so. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNe4.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCedOFPQ0 PRO OpenSolaris -- Great book for developers and sys admins "...The chapters on ZFS and virtualization are incredibly strong and I would certainly recommend this book to anyone interested in a Linux alternative with cutting-edge features and an active community base." http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCC.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCccMFOd0 PRO OpenSolaris -- Rated 5 stars by readers This comprehensive handbook provides a rundown of the advanced features of OpenSolaris and how to use SMF, ZFS, zones and DTrace. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCE.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCdDAFOf0 ______________________________ BLOGS Cool things at Software Freedom Day Glynn Foster gives a rundown about all the activities that make up Software Freedom Day in Wellington, New Zealand. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCG.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCdJUFPB0 How to do a fresh install into a BE on OpenSolaris "Not wanting to muck around with setting up an AI installer, I ended up doing a 'fresh install' into a new Boot Environment (BE). Although none of this is overly practical, it is interesting," blogs Mark Johnson. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCI.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCdQIFPD0 Check out FOSS.IN in Bangalore Jim Grisanzio blogs about the upcoming FOSS.IN conference this December. He attended two years ago and it "was one of the best conferences I've ever been to. Perfect size. Interesting people. Real community feel." http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCK.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCdWcFPF0 ______________________________ TUTORIALS New technical papers on Project Crossbow Download these two new papers today. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCM.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCddQFPH0 * From Hardware Virtualized NICs to Virtualized Networks http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCO.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeEEFPJ0 * A Vertically Integrated QoS Stack http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCQ.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeKYFPL0 ______________________________ TECH TIPS Disabling IPS cache The first time you install a package it is copied from the repository to your /var/pkg/download/ folder and then installed from there. This folder can get big. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNC4.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCbKWFOO0 Using Interrupt Resource Management How to optimize the use of interrupt vectors to improve IO performance. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCS.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeRMFPN0 ______________________________ EVENTS * Software Freedom Day Did you get out on the streets and celebrate software freedom? http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCU.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeYAFPP0 - Check out the OpenSource University Meetup http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCW.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCeeUFPR0 * Highlights from Intel Developer Forum Three days of collaboration with industry leaders. http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCY.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCfFIFPT0 * Oracle OpenWorld October 11-15 San Francisco, CA http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCa.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fCffYFPb0 * LISA '09 November 1-6 Baltimore, Maryland http://communications1.sun.com/r/c/r?2.1.3J1.2k3.14fmM%5f.CPhzRk..N.GNCc.2VMQ.bW89MQ%5f%5fDAGMFPd0 * OpenSolaris Security Summit Bill Cheswick of AT&T Labs will keynote this free event, part of Lisa '09. 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