Sun Solaris Unix and Sparc server platforms

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	Serial computing is dead; the future is parallelism SearchDataCenter.com | 30 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - At the Usenix conference, David Patterson declared that serial computing is dead. But parallel computing experts fret that programmers lack the training for parallel processors.

	Sun has deepened PostgreSQL/Solaris integration, says university SearchDataCenter.com | 20 Jun 2008 ARTICLE - Despite initial wariness after Sun's acquisition of MySQL, the University of Waterloo now commends the new Sun Solaris 10 OS update for improved integration with PostgreSQL.

	Analyst group touts Unix OS scorecard SearchDataCenter.com | 16 May 2008 ARTICLE - Ideas International has launched an online public rating system that ranks AIX, HP-UX and Solaris in some 40 different feature areas.

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	Unix admin tutorial: How much memory is in this machine? 30 Jun 2008 TIP - It's not always straightforward to get the answer to the burning question: How much memory is in this Unix machine? David Douthitt points Unix administrators to the answers.

	Solaris system performance tuning 24 Jun 2008 TIP - System tuning and optimization improves the performance of computer systems. Methods are provided for Solaris 10 and earlier versions, and other UNIX-based operating systems.

	How to use Unix filesystem snapshots Submitted By: SearchDataCenter.com | 19 Jun 2008 TIP - Filesystem snapshots are a great Unix systems administration tool. Learn how to use them to copy database files with minimal downtime.

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