 Quality!Carrier-Grade Server Overview
 Wireline,
wireless and service provider applications have several things in common. They need
scalability, reliability and performance. Sun offers a complete line of carrier-grade
servers, and storage subsystems Built on Sun's Ultra computing architecture and Solaris
operating system, these products give service providers the features they require most,
including reliability, an open architecture, availability, high performance, and excellent
support.
Solaris Operating Environment
Summary
 Solaris
is a UNIX-based operating system made by Sun MicroSystems that runs on Sun SPARC and
Intel/Cyrex/AMD Pentium.
Solaris is a bundling of Sun-OS with all the
“window dressing” like CDE (Common Desktop Environment) a.k.a. the GUI, and
other OS “accessories” like a Web browser, etc.
intended purpose
server/mainframe: medium to large scale
servers; corporate databases; supercomputers
desktop/workstation: workstations
Kind of OS: System V Release
4-based UNIX
“SunOS is part of Solaris. Current
versions of SunOS were originally based on the AT&T SVR4.0 flavor of Unix. Since then
it has diverged. SunOS is compliant with the Open Group’s Unix 98 specifications.
Businesses and organizations with
servers powered by Solaris:
 AOL (America On Line), CNN (Cable News
Network), CNNSI.com, Discovery.com, Disney.com, Oracle, Penthouse, PepsiCo, Playboy, Apple
Computers (also uses Mac OS X Server), AT&T, Equifax, BillGates.com, E-Trade.com,
General Electric, General Motors, MacroMedia, Amiga.org, MTV, nCipher, Netscape,
NYTimes.com, Shockwave.com, SportsLine.com, WashingtonPost.com, cibc.com, Verisign and
O'Reilly Weather.com, W3.org and WhiteHouse.gov.
Top Ten Reasons To Move to the Solaris 8 Operating
Environment Today
- Number 1: Massive scalability
- Number 2: Reduced cost of ownership
- Number 3: Reactive scalability
- Number 4: Lower downtime due to planned events
- Number 5: Highly available system and network resources
- Number 6: Secure and predictable operations
- Number 7: Connectivity to the world
- Number 8: Manageability
- Number 9: High-performance application services
- Number 10: Universal Operating Environment
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