- Dynamic Reconfiguration for High-End Servers: Part 1 --- Planning Phase
- Jun 4, 2004
- This article is part one of a two-part series about planning and implementing Sun Fire 15K/12K server Dynamic Reconfiguration, providing an introduction to Sun Fire 15K/12K server DR and details the planning phase.
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- Data Center Best Practices for High-End Servers
- May 28, 2004
- This article provides best practices for installing, configuring, securing, and maintaining availability and performance for the Sun Fire 15K server.
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- Understanding Tuning TCP
- May 28, 2004
- This article describes some of key Transport Control Protocol (TCP) tunable parameters related to performance tuning.
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- LDAP Triggers: A Framework for Sun Java System Directory Server
- Apr 23, 2004
- This article describes how to implement SQL-like triggers in a Sun Java System Directory Server.
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- Sun Fire 15K/12K Auto Diagnosis and Recovery
- Apr 16, 2004
- This article describes the new System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 software features that enhance Sun Fire 15K/12K system availability.
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- Dynamic Reconfiguration and Oracle 9i Dynamically Resizeable SGA
- Apr 9, 2004
- This article explains how Oracle 9i can operate in combination with Sun's dynamic reconfiguration (DR).
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- Migrating to the Solaris Operating System: Migrating From Tru64 UNIX
- Feb 6, 2004
- This article presents a fictional case study that illustrates the methodology, tools, and best practices used to migrate a Tru64 environment to a Solaris environment.
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- Tuning ORACLE to Minimize Recovery Time: For Solaris Operating System on SPARC
- Feb 6, 2004
- This article provides recommendations for tuning ORACLE on SPARC processor-based systems running the Solaris Operating System to minimize recovery in the event of a system or database failure.
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- Securing Linux Systems With Host-Based Firewalls Implemented With Linux iptables
- Jan 30, 2004
- This article provides information and recommendations for securing Linux operating systems with host-based firewalls.
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- Securing Web Applications through a Secure Reverse Proxy
- Jan 30, 2004
- This article describes recommended practices for setting up the Sun ONE Proxy Server software to represent a secure content server to outside clients, preventing direct, unmonitored access to your server's data from outside your company.
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- Hardware Replication Challenges
- Jan 23, 2004
- This article describes the challenges of keeping valuable hardware-replicated data safe, the different types of data replication, and the procedure to access a hardware-replicated set of data.
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- Solaris Volume Manager Performance Best Practices
- Jan 23, 2004
- This article provides specific Solaris Volume Manager tips for system, storage, and database administrators who want get the most of Solaris Volume Manager software in their data centers.
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- Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 Systems Auto Diagnosis and Recovery Enhancements
- Jan 16, 2004
- This article describes the Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 systems availability enhancements provided in the system controller (SC) firmware versions 5.15.0 and 5.15.3 releases and the Solaris OE kernel updates.
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- Responding to a Customer's Security Incidents, Part 4: Processing Incident Data
- Jan 9, 2004
- This fourth article focuses on authenticating, preserving, and processing the incident data. Only the salient points for best practices that should be executed in processing the incident data are discussed.
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- Sun ONE Portal Server 6 Best Practices
- Dec 23, 2003
- This article presents the best practices for high availability, security, and scalability that commonly have significant success on a Sun ONE Portal Server software solution.
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- Migrating to the Solaris Operating System: Migration Strategies
- Oct 31, 2003
- This article defines the most important terms in migration, and differentiates between these terms. In addition, it presents migration strategies, the benefits and risks of each strategy, and the appropriateness of each strategy for various situations.
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- Responding to Customer's Security Incidents--Part 3: Following Up After an Incident
- Oct 31, 2003
- The third in a five-part series, this article focuses on following up after an incident and presents the best practices that should be executed in the follow-up phase.
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- Solaris 9 System Startup and Shutdown
- Oct 31, 2003
- This sample chapter discusses the operations that the system must perform from the time you power on the system until you receive a system logon prompt. In addition, it covers the steps required to properly shut down a system.
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- Minimizing Domains for Sun Fire V1280, 6800, 12K, and 15K Systems, Part II
- Oct 24, 2003
- This article provides information and recommendations for minimizing domains for the Sun Fire V1280, Midframe, 12K and 15K systems.
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- Using the LDAP to NIS+ Gateway
- Oct 24, 2003
- There are two approaches that you can take when transitioning from NIS+ to LDAP-based services. This article discusses keeping your current NIS+ clients and deploy a transition tool to gain access to LDAP naming service data.
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