Sun Technologies are the most important in the web space and web companies especially web 2.0 start ups need to make the best use of Sun technologies to be technically relevant in todays fast paced world.
Most Important Reasons being to prove it :
- UltraSparc – Worlds First true System on a Chip
- Solaris Operating System
- Crossbow – Network Virtualisation and Resource Control
- ZFS
- Zones or Containers and other Virtualisation Technologies
- Glassfish – Open Source Application Server
- MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaDB
- Java
- Javafx for generating Rich Internet Applications
- Sun’s Next Generation Web Technologies
Now let me explain each Technology in detail so that you get to know why SUN technologies are the best for web and solve the myth.
Let us start from server side. Typically a web company ( Web 2.0 Social networking sites, Web application Service providers and others) needs a Good Web Server ( Hardware and Software)
Web Servers need good computing speed and power. Sun has the perfect stack for running the latest Technologies.
Lets Start from the microelectronic layer – Yes UltraSparc T2 Processor powered Server.
Some of its cool features:
- Higher performance and throughput, more network bandwidth, integrated security, low power consumption
- Optimized to run multithreaded applications rapidly, efficiently, and securely
- Superior consolidation and virtualization capabilities: Up to 64 domains on a single processor
- Leverages Solaris 10, the most advanced OS available
- Built in Virtualisation facilities like Ldoms
- Revolutionary Multithreaded Networking
- Unprecedented Throughput
- Faster I/O Expansion
- The Consolidation Processor
- “Zero Cost” Security
- Advantages for OEMs and Developers
With All these cool features its no doubt Sun Ultra Sparc supported Processors can handle the load efficiently which a Typical Web Application ( Example Online Transaction Analytical Processing ) would impose on the underlying OS /Hardware.
Next we come to Solaris Operating System – The Best and Most Advanced OS on the Planet. Lot of innovation has been happening in OS like Dynamic Tracing (Dtrace) , Zetta Byte File System (ZFS) , Service Management Facility (SMF), Predictive Self Healing, Virtualisation using Zones ( Containers ), Network Virtualisation and Resource Management using Project Crossbow etc
Perhaps the most revolutionary Technology applicable to the web is the Database. And Sun has 3 databases to offer.
The best in the pack being MySQL which it recently acquired. The coolest features based on my personal experience are :
- Easy to use and very Developer Friendly – even a newborn can start creating tables and forms
- Well integrated with PHP , Python , Java , Ruby etc. The Database ODBC Drivers are easily available.
- Open Source , Hence No vendor Lock in.
- Free . Customer needs to just pay for the Support / Service. Hence lower TOTAL cost of ownership (TCO).
- Has a pluggable Database Engine which is a great innovation unique to MYSQL.
All these amazing Database Technologies Along with ZFS storage solutions can store really large amounts of Data at very cheap cost and also retrieve data within a flash giving a good experience for a user visiting a user.
Now we get to Application Layer where you have a plethora of technologies supported by SUN. Java leads the way. You have JavaFX to develop sexy rich internet Applications ( RIAs) . JavaFX Script allows you to make cool Applications in a very short time. You also have visual tools to help ease of Development. And wait….. JavaFX is not just for web. It also takes care of Mobile clients too. The processing and networking capabilities in today’s mobile handsets have the potential to deliver a new class of rich, Internet-enabled content. To allow content creators to tap into this power, Sun Microsystems is bringing JavaFX technology to mobile devices. Moreover, JavaFX Mobile builds on top of the market-leading Java ME platform to take advantage of its powerful, device-level capabilities.
Just check the following web pages to experience Javafx
Still not convinced ?? God save you
