Reference At a Glance

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

User Authentication on the Solaris OS: Part 1
User authentication on the Solaris OS is explained, and an example program shows how to compare a password entered by the user to their login password.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Roadmap to Solaris Developer Documentation
This article provides a roadmap to information sources for Sun products for developers, with links that readers can use to bookmark the sources.