2. What's New in Solaris 10 10/08?
• 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Next Steps
> Get Solaris
1 sun.com/solaris/get
> Get Involved
2 opensolaris.org | bigadmin.com | developers.sun.com/solaris
3 > Get Trained
sun.com/solaris/freetraining | Learning Paths: sun.com/training/solaris
> Get Data Sheets and White Papers
4 sun.com/solaris/reference_materials
> Get Started with Solaris Learning Centers
5 sun.com/solaris/teachme
6 > Get Current
sun.com/solaris/move | bigadmin.com/apps | bigadmin.com/hcl
