- BlackBerry Storm vs. the iPhone
- Digg's Kevin Rose: "We have to do better"
- Blogger warns: "Nortel doesn't make it out alive"
- Financial quagmire bringing out the scammers
- Verizon plays with the wrong e-mail addresses
Newsletters | Podcasts | Chats | Opinions | RSS Feeds | This Week In Print | IT Careers | Community | Reports | Downloads | Slideshows | New Data Center
Partner Sites:Application Performance Solutions | App Performance | Networking Solution | SafeGuard Enterprise Solution Center | SOA | Test your Web Filter | Value of WDS
Sun is becoming very interesting to watch. The company that was still struggling just a year ago seems to be making strides again. Chalk one up to Sun for saying that it will open source the clustering software for its operating system.
Two years ago, Sun announced that it would open source Solaris, its flagship operating system. That was a fine move in itself, but Sun said that it was just a start. It promised to open source all of its software eventually. It has been making steady progress, open sourcing its popular Java platform, for example.
High availability clustering is next on the list. Sun says it will post the code, called Open High Availability Cluster, to OpenSolaris.org. The code is the open source code base of high availability clustering software Solaris Clusters. Sun executives say the open source version eventually will be just as good as Sun’s commercial offering.
Read more about Sun’s plans here.
I’m interested to hear what you think about Sun’s move. Obviously, Sun is hoping that by open sourcing the software, it will attract customers for its hardware that it might not have reached otherwise. But it’s also providing the opportunity for companies to create highly available environments without having to invest a whole lot of money.
On another Sun note, check out Sun CEO and President Jonathan Schwartz’s blog on Sun’s re-entry into the HPC market. He makes some interesting points about clustering and how Sun is hoping to make it easier and more affordable for enterprises to make use of high performance computing power.
Are Sun’s moves enticing you? Let me know.
Partner Content
Explore the Ultrium Edge
The powerful tape technology can address data security with tape encryption as well as long term data protection.
Find out more
Disk and Tape Square Off
Discover what disk and tape really cost -- and which solution provides lower total cost of ownership and optimizes energy use for your organization
Download the White Paper
Don't Fall For The Myths
The Clipper Group explores the truth behind the myths of tape, digging into the misconceptions in the disk vs. tape debate.
Download the White Paper
Will You Add Tape Too?
Over two thirds of disk-only users look to add tape back into storage infrastructure according to recent survey.
Download Survey Information
Comment