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Key Features

Key Feature Icon: Solaris Secure Execution

Solaris Secure Execution
Verify the integrity of your system with Solaris Secure Execution and file integrity features.

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Key Feature Icon: Dynamic Tracing

Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace)
Track, tune, and troubleshoot systemic problems in real time to quickly eliminate bottlenecks.

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Key Feature Icon: Solaris Containers

Solaris Containers
Safely consolidate multiple applications onto a single system to increase your utilization rates and cut system and licensing costs.

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Key Feature Icon: Solaris Predictive Self Healing

Solaris Predictive Self Healing
Catch and fix system problems before they cause downtime through automated fault diagnosis, isolation, and recovery.

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Put Solaris 10 to Work For You

  • Run Enterprise Databases
    From Oracle to MySQL, the Solaris Operating System has been the database platform of choice for enterprise customers.
  • Host Your Open Source Applications
    Solaris 10 includes 187 of the leading open source software packages—compiled, tested, and indemnified by Sun.
  • Serve the Web Out of the Box
    Solaris 10 is optimized for running Web services and includes Apache and Tomcat software to let you deploy services right away.

(1) SPEC OMPM2001 results: Sun Fire V40z server, 12,434 (four cores, four chips, four threads). Sun Fire V40z server, 11,223 (four cores, four chips, four threads). IBM eServer OpenPower 710 server, 10,750 (four cores, two chips, eight threads). IBM eServer pSeries 655 server, 8356 (four cores, four chips, four threads). Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer GS1280 7/1300, 8225 (four cores, four chips, four threads). HP rx7620 server, 6886 (four cores, four chips, four threads). SPEC & SPEComp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Results on www.spec.org as of April 7, 2005.

Spotlight

  • OpenSolaris is Here!
    June 14th is Opening Day for OpenSolaris, Sun's latest open source initiative. Sun is putting millions of lines of Solaris source code representing thousands of person-years of engineering into the hands of developers to stimulate innovation and to open new market opportunities for Sun partners and the Solaris community.
Benchmark: Solaris

SPEC OMPM2001 Performance:
Solaris 10 sets a new record in the four-core, four-thread server category (1).

eWeek Award
  • Solaris 10 Wins eWEEK Award
    eWEEK, April 11, 2005

    Solaris 10 claimed this year's top eWEEK Excellence Award in the e-business foundations category (2).


The Solaris 10 Advantage

Sun Vice President Tom Goguen discusses the breakthrough functionality of Solaris 10.


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Perspectives

“The self-healing and self-managing functionality of the Solaris 10 OS, in conjunction with Oracle products, is expected to help companies to reduce the complexity and costs associated with data management.”

— Prem Kumar, Oracle Corporation
    Vice President, Server Technologies


(2) eWEEK Excellence Winner Award Logo is a trademark of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Used under license.

Related

Resources
Solaris 10 Training and Certification
Training from Sun helps you maximize the significant benefits of the Solaris 10 OS
BigAdmin: Solaris 10
Articles and resources for system administrators
Sun Developer Network: Solaris 10
The source of Solaris 10 information for developers
Solaris 10 Knowledge Base
Technical knowledge base featuring Expert Exchange transcripts

Companion Products

Sun Studio 10 Software
Sun's latest and best developer tool suite
Sun Java Enterprise System Suite
End-to-end infrastructure software optimized for Solaris
Sun Java Desktop System
Comprehensive and economical enterprise desktop software solution
Sun Support & Services
Solaris 10 software or whole-system support
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