What's New in Solaris 10 10/08

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• Tested, integrated update• ZFS enterprise enhancements> “Root and boot”> Filesystem transfer (zfs send)

• Support for new systems> Intel processors, networking, I/O

• New virtualization features> Containers, LDoms, Sun xVM guest

What's New in Solaris 10 10/08?

Solaris 10 10/08: ZFS

• Root file system support• Boot support• Dataset rollback without unmounting• Filesystem transfer (zfs send) enhancements• Delegated administration• Ability to set up separate logging devices• Create intermediate datasets; hotplugging

enhancements; recursively rename snapshots; support for gzip compression algorithm; store multiple copies of user data; support for zonepaths of a non-global zone on ZFS

Solaris 10 10/08: System Support

• Support for Intel's latest multicore Xeon processors• Improved support for Intel NUMA systems• Support for latest Intel/AMD instruction set

extensions> SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AMD SSE4A

• Fault Management support for Intel 5400 Northbridge, other x86 devices, e1000g and igb network controllers• NVIDIA SATA controller enhancements

Solaris 10 10/08: Virtualization

• Solaris Containers: update-on-attach• Logical Domains: support for MpxIO,

dynamic I/O reconfiguration• Paravirtualization support for

Xen-based hypervisors> Sun xVM Server

Next Steps> Get Solaris

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> Get Data Sheets and White Paperssun.com/solaris/reference_materials

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