After a beginning overview of the history of OpenSolaris, its open-source licensing, and the community development model, this book then goes on to highlight the aspects of OpenSolaris that differ from more familiar operating systems. You’ll learn how to become a power user of OpenSolaris by maximizing the abilities of advanced features like Dtrace, the fault management architecture, ZFS, the service management facility, and Zones. Authors provide insider tips, unique tricks, and practical examples to help you stay sharp with the latest features of OpenSolaris. ...

Turbocharge your Oracle, DB2, Sybase, or Informix database environment! Covers every aspect of database and Solaris Operating Environment tuning Optimize data layout, CPU and memory configuration, and system sizing Identify and resolve bottlenecks, step-by-step Understand industry-leading benchmarks Maximize the performance of any enterprise database running on the Solaris Operating Environment! Using this book, database professionals can optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of virtually any database application running on the Solaris platform. Database...