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Benefits of Solaris 10

Solaris 10 is the new open source operating system developed by Sun Microsystems. Solaris 10 is available for the X64 and X86 platforms, it is also has support from thousands of open source and ISV applications.

Solaris has many benefits when compared to other operating systems (OS); here are just a few of the areas that Solaris 10 excels at.

Security
Solaris 10 is one of the most secure operating systems available. Sun states that it provides security features that were only once available on military grade OS platforms. Security enhancements include file integrity and secure execution, user and process rights management, Solaris IP filter fire wall, cryptographic services and remote access, among other security enhancements.

Performance
You should note that not only is Solaris 10 one of the leaders in secure computing, it is also one of the highest performing operating systems in the world, consistently achieving world record holding benchmarks. Solaris 10 delivers excellent performance for Java and database applications with near linear results. And since Solaris 10 is specifically developed for X64 and X86 platforms, expect close to a 50% performance gain over speeds attained by X86 platforms over Solaris 9. All in all, server performance, application performance, file system performance and memory placement optimization should increase under the new enhancements that Solaris 10 delivers.

Data Management
There are many file services that are built into Solaris 10; you will find greater security, safety and management with the many new enhancements. Some of the enhancements include a UNIX file system (UFS), Solaris volume manager and Solaris ZFS (near zero administration).

Besides the above benefits, Solaris is usually regarded as superior to Windows and Linux, it also has strong support and you can’t argue with the price – it is free. All these factors make Solaris 10 an extremely strong contender.