This scalable architecture is backed by the Solaris Application Guarantee. Highly Available System and Network Resources Downtime is not an option in today's network-based world. To meet increased availability expectations, data centers must minimize both planned and unplanned downtime. There is no need to take the system offline and interrupt processing or productivity, except to reboot to the upgraded image. IP multipathing technology handles network balancing and failovers with multiple network interface cards, enhancing connection reliability and service levels when processing and transferring information.
Systems automatically reconfigure themselves to utilize available resources.
Resource allocation across individual domains can be done on the fly, without rebooting any of the partitions, saving money and time. Hot patching for diagnostics enables most areas of the system to be patched without requiring a reboot. These dynamically applied patches direct crucial kernel code to the patched code, without interrupting the operation of applications. This greatly reduces the downtime needed to diagnose, test, analyze, and correct operating environment problems. The proven capabilities of the Solaris Operating Environment help existing data centers become more agile, while at the same time allowing new companies to bring data center predictability to their networks.