If you're a developer who's still building your application on Oracle Solaris 10, you should be aware that there are a lot of significant advantages to you and...
If you're a developer who's still building your application on Oracle Solaris 10, you should be aware that there are a lot of significant advantages to you and your customer base in supporting Oracle Solaris 11 -- especially now that Oracle Solaris 11.2 is out. It's the easiest, most cost-effective way I can think of for your customers to modernize their data center while preserving their organization's investments in hardware, software and training. And you don't want to...
If you're a developer who's still building your application on Oracle Solaris 10, you should be aware that there are a lot of significant advantages to you and your customer base in supporting Oracle...
It's been a busy year for Oracle Solaris, and as always, Oracle OpenWorld represents the best way to catch up and more. We've got the whole boat race thing out...
It's been a busy year for Oracle Solaris, and as always, Oracle OpenWorld represents the best way to catch up and more. We've got the whole boat race thing out of our system for a while, so this year you can really focus on the cool stuff we've got to share with you. Oh, and speaking of "focus on", as usual we have our convenient one-stop-shopping documents that lay out just what we'll be talking about. Focus on Oracle Solaris (http://bit.ly/OOW14-Solaris) Focus on...
It's been a busy year for Oracle Solaris, and as always, Oracle OpenWorld represents the best way to catch up and more. We've got the whole boat race thing out of our system for a while, so this year...
If you're at VMworld 2014 next week in San Francisco, come drop by booth 205. We'll have folks from both the Oracle Solaris and Oracle ZFS Storage teams, so...
If you're at VMworld 2014 next week in San Francisco, come drop by booth 205. We'll have folks from both the Oracle Solaris and Oracle ZFS Storage teams, so you can learn a lot more about what's new in Oracle Solaris 11.2, plus what the storage team has been up to, as they unleash their "it's perfect for virtualization" architecture, with a series of new VMware API integrations, that crushes both the other big-name storage vendors and the all-flash start-ups.
If you're at VMworld 2014 next week in San Francisco, come drop by booth 205. We'll have folks from both the Oracle Solaris and Oracle ZFS Storage teams, so you can learn a lot more about what's new...
In the last article of this series, we discussed the most general of all physical IO options available for LDoms, root domains. Now, let's have a short look at...
In the last article of this series, we discussed the most general of all physical IO options available for LDoms, root domains. Now, let's have a short look at the next level of granularity: Virtualizing individual PCIe slots. In the LDoms terminology, this feature is called "Direct IO" or DIO. It is very similar to root domains, but instead of reassigning ownership of a complete root complex, it only moves a single PCIe slot or endpoint device to a different domain. ...
In the last article of this series, we discussed the most general of all physical IO options available for LDoms, root domains. Now, let's have a short look at the next level of...
Out of the many changes introduced in packaging with the Oracle Solaris 11.2 release, one of really good ones was the introduction of a repository mirroring...
Out of the many changes introduced in packaging with the Oracle Solaris 11.2 release, one of really good ones was the introduction of a repository mirroring service. This provides administrators with an easy, automated way of mirroring repository contents. For example, let's say you had a package repository set up locally that was serving the clients in your data center. While we provide a few different ways to sync up the contents of this repository with the Oracle Solaris...
Out of the many changes introduced in packaging with the Oracle Solaris 11.2 release, one of really good ones was the introduction of a repository mirroring service. This provides administrators with...
What is a VXLAN? VXLAN, or Virtual eXtensible LAN, is essentially a tunneling mechanism used to provide isolated virtual Layer 2 (L2) segments that can span...
What is a VXLAN? VXLAN, or Virtual eXtensible LAN, is essentially a tunneling mechanism used to provide isolated virtual Layer 2 (L2) segments that can span multiple physical L2 segments. Since it is a tunneling mechanism it uses IP (IPv4 or IPv6) as its underlying network which means we can have isolated virtual L2 segments over networks connected by IP. This allows Virtual Machines (VM) to be in the same L2 segment even if they are located on systems that are in different...
What is a VXLAN? VXLAN, or Virtual eXtensible LAN, is essentially a tunneling mechanism used to provide isolated virtual Layer 2 (L2) segments that can span multiple physical L2 segments. Since it is...
Did you see our last Oracle Solaris 11.2 blog post aggregation? Did it leave you hungry for more? Did you think, "But there's no way there there could be any...
Did you see our last Oracle Solaris 11.2 blog post aggregation? Did it leave you hungry for more? Did you think, "But there's no way there there could be any more!" Because, now that 11.2's officially released... there's more. 44 more posts, to be exact. One notable development: there's now a blog dedicated to Oracle Solaris and OpenStack. Enjoy. General Oracle Solaris 11 - Engineered for Cloud - Eric Saxe Oracle Solaris 11.2 Available - Glynn Foster Oracle Solaris 11.2 and...
Did you see our last Oracle Solaris 11.2 blog post aggregation? Did it leave you hungry for more? Did you think, "But there's no way there there could be any more!" Because, now that...
We got there in the end, and today, Oracle Solaris 11.2 has been officially made available.This is the most significant release I've had the pleasure to work...
We got there in the end, and today, Oracle Solaris 11.2 has been officially made available.This is the most significant release I've had the pleasure to work on, and we've made huge strides in terms of overall usability, performance, and functionality. There are some really incredible base technologies included in this release - everything from independent kernel versions and patching with Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones, fast and portable clone and disaster recovery images with...
We got there in the end, and today, Oracle Solaris 11.2 has been officially made available.This is the most significant release I've had the pleasure to work on, and we've made huge strides in...
Oracle Solaris 11.2 is now in full release (aka "General Availability"), and that means there are even more great things for you to take advantage of. Although...
Oracle Solaris 11.2 is now in full release (aka "General Availability"), and that means there are even more great things for you to take advantage of. Although there’s been a lot written about it since the launch event in April, it’s worth taking a step back and considering what it all means.“Zero to Cloud” in minutesA lot of the press for this release has been about OpenStack, but how does it really help our customers? First off, OpenStack itself has some very compelling...
Oracle Solaris 11.2 is now in full release (aka "General Availability"), and that means there are even more great things for you to take advantage of. Although there’s been a lot written about it...
