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Sun Releases OpenSolaris Technologies
Sun has open sourced the Solaris Operating System and launched a new open
source community at opensolaris.org. According to the company, the OpenSolaris
project includes source code for the core operating system, networking, system
libraries, and commands. It also includes all the major innovations delivered
in the Solaris 10 OS, such as Dynamic Tracing (Dtrace), Containers, Predictive
Self Healing, and both SPARC and x64/x86 (it's a single source base).
Solaris 10, the latest version of Sun's tested, certified, and supported enterprise
operating system, is now available free for download. Future versions of Solaris
will be based on technologies from OpenSolaris. For more information, visit:
http://www.opensolaris.org.
IBM Announces New Server Based on X3 Architecture
IBM is extending its eServer X3 Architecture-based family of servers with
the introduction of the IBM eServer xSeries 460, designed for highly scalable,
always-on environments. According to the company, the x460 entry configuration
starts as a four-way server and scales up to 32-way processing in an eight-chassis
configuration, allowing customers the flexibility to upgrade on demand to greater
capacity as their business demands increase.
The dual-core-capable x460 features increased scalability, larger cache processor
performance, expandable memory and I/O resources, systems manageability, and
simultaneous support for both 32- and 64-bit applications.
The IBM eServer xSeries 460 entry price starts at $18,129 in the U.S., and
typical eight-way configurations start at $72,182 in the U.S. IBM's eServer
X3 architecture-based systems run new scalable 64-bit x86 operating system software
from major technology vendors including Microsoft, Red Hat, and Novell.
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