Latest OpenSolaris is much faster than Linux, says Sun

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2009

“The changes to network and storage performance make the
operating system much faster than Linux, according to Sun.

“Project Crossbow is Sun’s network architecture for
virtualisation. The company claims that Crossbow can be used to
network multicore, multi-threaded processors together using an
extremely fast network interface.

“With Project Crossbow, OpenSolaris 2009.06 gets a virtual
network interface, which Sun says can be used to simplify
administration of complex deployments of multi-tiered applications
on a single machine or an entire datacentre.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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