Sun’s Open Source Cluster Gambit

By Doug Barney

In a recent edition I praised Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) for always trying to push the envelope. And when it comes to open source, the Santa Clara-based company is no slouch. A few years ago Sun put Solaris in the public domain with OpenSolaris. Now it is doing exactly the same thing with its Solaris Cluster, source code for which can be found on the OpenSolaris website.

The Open HA (high-availability) source code can work with Solaris, or through the open community, be adapted to other OSes. Who do you think is the most exciting or aggressive IT vendor? Let us know at [email protected].

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.