Sun released solaris10 in November to support AMD and challenge Linux

Author: Liu Yanqing, October 30, 2004 Source: Saidi net [Saidi Net News] Sun officials confirmed this Friday that, sun will officially launch the new Solaris operating system at a press conference held at the Science and Technology Innovation Museum in San Jose on June 14, November 15.

Solaris10 will have many new features, including a brand new error discovery system, a file system with high scalability named ZFS, and a diagnostic tool called dtrace. In addition, the performance of solaris10 will be greatly improved, such as the brand new TCP/IP stack and improved multithreading capabilities.

One of the most interesting features of solaris10 is that it will be the first Solaris operating system that supports the amdopteron chip. Currently, the x86 Solaris operating system only supports the 32-bit computing mode.

According to Sun, another new feature in Solaris 10 is n1gridcontainers, which allows customers to break Solaris into up to 4000 independent computing environments called containers. ApplicationProgramIt can run in these "containers" to improve system performance and security.

The release of solaris10 is just as sun challenged Linux on the X86 architecture platform. Sun officials have admitted that they mistakenly judged the potential of the X86 architecture platform. Last year, it has taken a variety of measures to strengthen Solaris's position as an x86 operating system, for example, enables Solaris to run on x86 systems launched by competitors such as Dell and IBM.

Sun also plans to release an open version by the end of this year.Source codeThe Solaris operating system, which will create opportunities for other companies to sell Solaris on the new hardware platform.

Charles, chief analyst at pund-it information, said Sun must adopt a balanced strategy to make Solaris the "Best Choice" on the ultrasparc and x86 hardware platforms ". (N105)

From: Sohu