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User Authentication on the Solaris OS Part 4: PAM Service Functions Learn to write PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) service modules for authentication and security services, and see an example module.

 

Sun Releases Niagra 2 Specifications to the Open Source Community On December 12, we released the specifications of the UltraSPARC T2 processor, formally code named Niagara 2, to the open-source community. The goal of releasing Niagara 2 into the open-source community through the General Public License is to create a larger community around the chip and increase the number of operating systems and applications that can use the processor. For more information, visit OpenSPARC.

 

Get your hands on Project Sun SPOT! Just in time for the holidays! the Sun SPOT Java Developer Kit includes a complete hardware platform and the Squawk Java Virtual Machine, a small JVM developed at Sun Labs that runs directly on the processor without an intervening OS. » Buy one

 

NetBeans IDE 6.0! NetBeans IDE 6.0 increases developer productivity with a smarter, faster editor, Ruby/JRuby/Ruby on Rails support, enhancements for improved Swing development, a new Visual Game Designer, updated Data Binding support, integrated Profiling and more. Download Now or Order a DVD. » Learn More

 

New Boot SPARC Putback Some flag days should be broadcast over a wide area. If you develop OpenSolaris for SPARC or you just want to keep up with what's going on...

 

ZFS as a Root File System Lori Alt talks about what it takes to make ZFS a root file system, and why do it. Download the presentation (pdf).

 

Achieving Near-Linear Scalability Using Solaris On NUMA Architectures Read how one Sun engineer increased application performance on servers that use Non-Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA).

 

Overview of Patch Types and Dependencies for the Solaris OS Patch up your understanding of Solaris patches. Check out this informative overview of the various types of patches, patch characteristics, and patch dependencies.

 

Deploying PHP From Cool Stack in Sun Java System Web Server Take advantage of the Solaris OS benefits and deploy your web applications created with optimized PHP from Cool Stack in highly scalable, secure Sun Java System Web Server on Solaris OS! This article shows you how.

 

Missed SuperComputing07? You can catch up with attendees Richard Friedman and the HPC Consortium site.

 

Building a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Demo With Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0 (Beta) Here's a cookbook for a demo based on the Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software using Sun's new desktop broker, Sun Virtual Desktop Connector 1.0.

 
 

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The Learning Curve: Step-by-Step on Sun Java System Portal Server Web developer Walter Hardy shares his learning curve on getting up to speed with Portal Server in this series of blogs that includes a step-by-step tutorial on installing it on a Solaris system.

 

New Sun Studio Videos Fresh on the heels of SuperComputing07, these three new videos take a close look at Sun Studio 12 and highlight its many capabilities.

 

Solaris 8 Migration Assistant Have you been working with the Solaris 8 OS deployment environment, but want to move your development to Solaris 10? We've got a very nice answer for that.

 

OpenxVM Find out more about the Open Source community that develops the technology from which Sun derives the Sun xVM products. OpenSolaris xVM is available in build 75 of OpenSolaris and Solaris Express: Community edition. See the downloads page for more information.

 

What We're Watching: The General Purpose Storage Revolution Jeff Bonwick talks about the Storage revolution at the Storage Networking Industry Association's Storage Developer Conference.

 

What We're Watching: Storage & Virtualization Aaron Dailey discusses Storage and Virtualization at the Storage Networking Industry Association's Storage Developer Conference.

 

Using ZFS to Expand His Virtual Solaris Disk in VMware Jim Laurent spent some time expanding his virtual Solaris disk in VMware. Definitely worth a look.

 

Solaris Package Companion v0.7 Available! Glenn Burnette announced the update to the Solaris Package Companion v0.7.

 

JavaOne Call for Papers Take this opportunity to share with the developer community how you use technology that relies on Java, leverages the Java programming language, and extends the Java platform. Make sure you read through the Topics and be sure to pass the word on to your fellow developers.

 

Multicore Development: Untangle Your Threads using Sun Studio Exploit the multiple cores in your machine using the Sun Studio software. Find out how Sun Studio compilers allow you to parallelize your application, dbx and the Thread Analyzer tools can detect data races and potential deadlocks, and the Performance Analyzer allows you to analyze the performance of your application for maximum performance.

 
 

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Updated JavaFX Script Plug-in for NetBeans The JavaFX Script plugin for the NetBeans IDE 6.0 Beta 2 is available for download. The plugin includes bug fixes, the new 2D Graphics Tutorial, and the WeatherFX sample application.

 

NetBeans DTrace GUI Plugin Now Available! The NetBeans DTrace GUI plugin runs DTrace scripts from the GUI, even those that are embedded in shell scripts. It can be easily extended and customized and installs into the Sun Studio 12 IDE, NetBeans IDE 5.5, NetBeans IDE 5.5.1, and NetBeans IDE 6.0.

 

Learn All About NetBeans 6.0 In this video interview, Ed Ort chats with NetBeans evangelist Roman Strobl at Sun Tech Days in Milan. Roman highlights what he considers to be the most significant new features in NetBeans IDE 6.0.

 

A Conversation with Jeff Bonwick and Bill Moore: The Future of File Systems ACM Queue speaks with two Sun engineers who are bringing file systems into the 21st century.

 

OSD (Object-Based Storage Device) Support in the Solaris OS Find out about object-based storage device (OSD) support in the Solaris OS.

 
 

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Sun Studio 12 Multi-Language Release Now Available! Sun Studio 12 in English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, with IDE enhancements and bundled product patches!

 

September 26, 2007 User Authentication on the Solaris OS Part 3: PAM Conversation Functions Learn to use the conversation functions of the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) API and examine a sample program. » Read more

 

September 19, 2007 Calculating Processor Utilisation From the UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC T2 Performance Counters Use the performance counters for the UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC T2 processors to estimate core load and find potential areas for performance improvement. » Read more

 

September 12, 2007 Develop and Accelerate Your Solaris and Linux Applications with Sun Studio Software How can you reduce your project schedule, create higher quality applications, and accelerate your applications up to 80%? Join Vijay Tatkar as he discusses how the Sun Studio 12 software can simplify your development.

 

September 12, 2007 Locating Memory Access Errors With Sun Memory Error Discovery Tool The Sun Memory Error Discovery Tool detects and reports common memory access errors such as accessing uninitialized memory, writing past the end of an array, or accessing memory after it has been freed. » Read more

 

September 2007 Solaris 10 8/07 Now Available! This latest Solaris OS release supports over 902 AMD, Intel and SPARC-based systems, including Sun's own servers with CoolThreads technology. Top enhancements include virtualization, support for Linux applications, and database, networking and security enhancements. » Read more

 
 

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August 29, 2007 Using the Solaris DTrace Utility With Open MPI Applications This Solaris release, built from OpenSolaris code, includes the latest tools, technologies, and platforms to create Java applications on Solaris. Learn more, download, or have a DVD mailed to you. » Read more

 

August 15, 2007 Storage Utilities in Practice: ZFS Snapshot to Amazon S3 The author compares the cost of local disk backup solutions to that of offsite storage utilities and offers a sample implementation guide. » Read more

 

August 8, 2007 User Authentication on the Solaris OS Part 2: Introduction to PAM Learn to use PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) for user authentication, which decouples the authentication mechanism from the application. » Read more

 

August 1, 2007 Sun Datapath Policies for Disks and Disk Arrays Datapath policies for disk and disk array implementations are documented for drivers for the Solaris OS, and management applications that issue SCSI, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI commands. » Read more

 

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July 25, 2007 Storage Device Evolution: General-Purpose Peer Processing Arrives Storage devices have evolved, and that evolution will lead to the near-universal adoption of general-purpose hardware and software as an implementation strategy. » Read more

 

July 25, 2007 User Authentication on the Solaris OS: Part 1 Storage devices have evolved, and that evolution will lead to the near-universal adoption of general-purpose hardware and software as an implementation strategy. » Read more

 

July 18, 2007 End-to-End Tracing of Ajax/Java Applications Using DTrace This article shows how the Solaris DTrace tool can help trace Ajax applications, starting from the JavaScript code executed in a browser environment, to the Java back-end on the server side, and beyond. DTrace is available on Solaris 10 and above. » Read more

 

July 18, 2007 NFSv4 Namespace Extensions (Demo) This presentation, with demos, shows you how to use mirror mounts and referrals to help decrease the complexity and administration of managing your namespace with NFS. » Read more

 

July 9, 2007 Making Sense of Parallel Programming Terms Confused by all the multithreaded terminology? Susan Morgan straightens it out; hardware, software, processing, models, architecture and more. » Read more

 

July 6, 2007 Object-Based Storage Devices Object storage is based on data objects that encapsulate user data. The combination of data, attributes, and metadata enables object storage to determine data layout or quality of service on a per-object basis, improving flexibility and manageability. » Read more

 

July 6, 2007 The Management of NFS Performance With Solaris ZFS Several scaling factors, most recently Solaris ZFS file systems, have exposed Network File System (NFS) performance issues. This article provides an overview of the algorithmic changes to solving these issues. » Read more

 

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June 22, 2007 Target Port Group Support (TPGS) in the Solaris OS Target Port Group Support (TPGS) is a method to enable a new storage device to be automatically detected and to allow methodologies to understand different port characteristics and failover behaviors. Adding TPGS into an array also provides the ability to perform automatic discovery and standard handling. » Read more

 

June 20, 2007 LibSAM for Sun StorageTek SAM and QFS: Beyond Backup The LibSAM library, designed for use with Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager (SAM) and Sun StorageTek QFS software, helps you overcome the limitations of traditional backup software. » Read more

 

June 15, 2007 Multithreading Strategies With Sun Products and Technologies This article discusses the advantages of multithreading and the multithreading offerings available from Sun. » Read more

 

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May 30, 2007 Solaris OS Solutions to 32-Bit stdio's 256 File-Descriptors Limitation This article explains in detail the runtime and programming solutions that were introduced under the extended FILE facility in the Solaris OS. The discussion is relevant only in 32-bit applications, as 64-bit applications are immune to the limitation to 256 file descriptors. » Read more

 

May 30, 2007 "What Is a Linux Guy Doing at Sun" At CommunityOne, Ian Murdock, Sun's chief operating system platform strategist and a self-described Linux guy, described what he's doing at Sun and how can we make Solaris a better Linux than Linux. » Read more

 

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April 27, 2007 Core Dump Management on the Solaris OS Find out about features and analysis tools in the Solaris Operating System that can be used to manage core dumps. » Read more

 

April 23, 2007 Using Dmalloc With the Solaris OS and Sun Studio Compilers You can use Dmalloc, an open source debugging package, on the Solaris OS with Sun Studio compilers to find application bugs related to memory access. Here's how. » Read more

 

April 17, 2007 Protecting CIFS Clients From Viruses Using Sun StorageTek NAS OS This article provides a brief overview of antivirus software and how antivirus scanning works using the Sun StorageTek NAS OS. » Read more

 

April 17, 2007 Optimizing Oracle's Siebel Applications for the Sun Platform, Solaris 10 OS, and UltraSPARC T1 Processor This article covers the performance optimization of a complete Siebel Enterprise solution on the Sun platform using UltraSPARC T1 and UltraSPARC IV+ processor-based servers. » Read more

 

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March 29, 2007 Updating Fibre Channel Drivers to Use Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Check out these reasons to upgrade to Sun StorEdge SAN Foundation Software. » Read more

 

March 29, 2007 Storage Standards Supported by the Solaris OS Here is a list of storage standards supported by the Solaris OS, with pointers to the standards bodies. » Read more

 

March 27, 2007 Storage Standards Supported by the Solaris OS Here are examples of how to use the kstat and libkstat APIs to extract metrics from the Solaris OS. » Read more

 

March 22, 2007 SDN Wins Jolt Award The Sun Developer Network (SDN) now holds the 2007 Jolt award for best website/developer network. Regarded as the highest accolade of the software industry, the Jolt Awards recognize software products, books, and websites that have achieved excellence in the areas of functionality, usability, problem-solving and innovation. Jolt calls SDN the #1 "indispensable site for developers." » Read more

 

March 22, 2007 Assigning a New Device to an Existing Driver in the Solaris OS This Tech Tip explains how to add device support to the Solaris OS by attaching an existing Solaris driver to a new device. » Read more

 

March 20, 2007 Developing Java Applications on the Solaris OS Find out why the Solaris 10 OS provides a strong platform for developing Java applications. » Read more

 

March 12, 2007 The Power of DTrace This overview of DTrace offers sample scripts. Dynamic tracing was introduced in the Solaris 10 OS to help debug systemic problems that are difficult to diagnose using traditional debugging tools. » Read more

 

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February, 2007 Sun Studio Express 4 - February 2007 Build Download a preview of the next Sun Studio software release and try it out. The Express program now offers builds of Sun Studio software releases under development for download. Get an early look at new Sun Studio software technologies. New in the February 2007 build are a brand new installer with server/client capability, enhancements to the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and updated Sun Studio compilers that now generate DWARF symbolic information. » Read more

 

February 26, 2007 Developing on the Solaris OS With "Java GNOME" Bindings Java GNOME bindings are now included in the Solaris 10 OS. With these bindings, developers familiar with Glade-based GNOME/GTK+ application development can develop native GNOME desktop applications in the Java programming language. » Read more

 

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January 24, 2007 Developing Applications on the Solaris OS and Linux Read about some common application development issues. This article also discusses developing nonnative applications, making Linux applications run on the Solaris OS, and porting applications from Linux to the Solaris OS. » Read more

 

January 16, 2007 DTrace by Example: Solving a Real-World Problem This article show the use of DTrace to solve a real-life problem, following the reasoning behind the process. Short scripts are presented, and language fragments are explained. » Read more

 

January 16, 2007 Sun Gathering Debug Data (GDD) Goes Live! GDD is neither a methodology, nor a product, nor a process, nor a tool but a few of all. » Read more