Monday, 24 August 2015

Solaris 11 new features .....


Solaris 11 new features :-



   Solaris11 itself is completed with crossbow architecture itself.crossbow architecture means network virtualization, Network Resource Manageme, network performance.

 1. Extream data integrity: zfs
 2. Compleate virtualization with application isolation and resource management: containers
                a) Availability ->Great improved with new package packaging tools, safe online upgrades, faster reboots....
               b) Scalability and performance -> thousand of threads, terabytes of RAM, and hundreads of GBPS network                          bandwidth
               c) Efficiency -> virtualized network, storage and server resources, binary compatibility, advanced power management
               d) Security -> ondisk data encription, secure process execution, HW certification of the os at boot time.
 3. Production safe observability: D Trace



Industry is focused on multithread strategies for increasing the availability of applications.
4. Platform choice and flexibility.
   a. Built in scalable, platform-independent virtualization….
   b. native, bare metal performance
   c. consolidation path for older solaris versions.



ZFS Featured in solaris11




Zones concept was introduced in first solaris10 update6.  Root FS is under ZFS by default in solaris11.



It replaces entirely UFS. It brings many benefits, mirror the root pool in ZFS, robust pool recovery……





Pkg-update:


Root pools can be mirrored after installation.
#zpool attach rpool   <root-disk>  <new_disk>
To check the rpool status
#zpool status rpool
Boot blocks install automaticall.