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What MakesOpenSolaris

Interesting?

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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

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It's NOT your father's Solaris

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It's NOT your father's Solaris

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Solaris vs. OpenSolaris*

* Other Sun & community distributions are also available!

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OpenSolaris is

Easy to getISO image, bittorent, mirrors

Easy to install

Modern graphical installerEasy to use

Gnome environment + manyapplications

Easy to maintain

Update using package repositories

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Features

Redistributable LiveCD imageBoot it to give it a try

Install from live session

Accelerated video driversGnome/compiz desktop

Basic software included

Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, ...Package manager

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Interesting technologies: ZFS

Zettabyte file systemFirst 128-bit file system

Almost unlimited storage size

Instantaneous snapshotsEasy rollback

End-to-end integrity

No volume manager

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Interesting technologies: ZFS

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Interesting technologies: DTrace

Dynamic troubleshooting and analysis toolProvides observability across the entiresoftware stack from one tool

Used for

Troubleshooting software bugs

Detailed observability

Capturing profiling datafor performance analysis

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Interesting technologies: SMF

SMF Service Management FacilityReplaces RC scripts

Handles dependencies between services

Fault management

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Interesting technologies: IPS

IPS Image Packaging SystemModern repository-based packagedelivery

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Interesting technologies: Zones

Zones / ContainersLow overhead virtualization

Example: run many Apaches on 1 server

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Interesting technologies: CIFS

CIFS support in kernelFile sharing with Windows

Based on smbfs

True Windows SIDsNot just POSIX UIDs

NT-style ACLs

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For C/C++ Developers: Sun Studio

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Leverage Solaris core values

Scalability on large systemsDoes Linux scale well on 8-CPU machines?

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Leverage Solaris core values

Compatibility for tens of yearsSolaris apps run unmodified on

Solaris 8, 9, 10

OpenSolarisAny other Solaris-based distribution

Runs very well on x86 and x64

Performance

Rewritten TCP/IP stack in Solaris 10

Security

Name a Solaris virus!

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Where is (Open)Solaris deployed the most?

Where security mattersGovernments, organizations withsensitive 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

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Why should you care?

Source: indeed.com

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How do I get started?

Visit www.opensolaris.comGet the Live CD

http://www.opensolaris.com/http://www.opensolaris.com/