Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide Book

Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide covers all aspects of deploying Solaris as an enterprise-level network operating system, with a focus on e-commerce. Written for experienced network administrators who want an objective guide to networking with Solaris, this guide installation on both the Intel and Sparc platforms and instructs you how to setup Solaris as a file server, application server, and database server. The book offers examples of configuration files and the installation of third-party software packages, and contains more conceptual and difficult material that is absent from other Solaris reference manuals. At all points, emphasis is placed on issues like evaluating the security, scalability, and reliability of specific software packages. Author Paul Watters outlines the practical experience and new skills needed to understand the impact of new services and new software products on existing server systems. Solaris 8 Administrator's Guide provides you with a third-party view that not only praises Solaris, but is critical and realistic in its assessment. This book is for experienced Solaris Administrators as well as and those looking to migrate to this operating system.Read More