Migrating to the Solaris Operating System: The Discipline of UNIX-to-UNIX Migrations [Paperback]

Ken Pepple (Author), Brian Down (Author), David A. Levy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131502638 | ISBN-13: 978-0131502635 | Publication Date: November 15, 2003

*Increase efficiency with new technologies and processes *Improve the performance and availability of your IT solutions *Reduce IT total cost of ownership This book presents an established methodology for transitioning the people, processes, and technologies in IT environments to the Solaris(TM) Operating System. It steps you through the various phases of the migration process, using detailed case studies to illustrate the benefits, costs, and requirements associated with a migration project. While this book focuses on UNIX server migrations, the methodology and best practices presented apply for most migrations to the Solaris environment. They can be used for projects ranging from the smallest data conversion to the largest legacy migration.

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• Increase efficiency with new technologies and processes
• Improve the performance and availability of your IT solutions
• Reduce IT total cost of ownership

This book presents an established methodology for transitioning the people, processes, and technologies in IT environments to the Solaris(TM) Operating System. It steps you through the various phases of the migration process, using detailed case studies to illustrate the benefits, costs, and requirements associated with a migration project. While this book focuses on UNIX server migrations, the methodology and best practices presented apply for most migrations to the Solaris environment. They can be used for projects ranging from the smallest data conversion to the largest legacy migration.

About the Author

KEN PEPPLE is an IT Architect in the Sun Professional Services (SunPS) Asia Pacific practice. In this role, he assists clients with enterprise computing architectures, concentrating on advanced data center projects. In addition to these activities, Ken recently co-authored, with David Hornby, the Sun BluePrints(TM) book Consolidation in the Data Center: Simplifying IT Environments to Reduce Total Cost of Ownership.

BRIAN DOWN has been at Sun for five years in Sun's Global Sales Organization as a Senior Staff Engineer and most recently in SunPS, where he holds the position of Chief Architect for Enterprise Migration for the Americas. For several years, Brian has focused on developing Sun's migration methodology and solution strategy, helping to develop and identify the value proposition associated with such implementations. Prior to joining SunPS, Brian focused on performance and custom engineering initiatives related to strategic server installations for the GSO.

DAVID LEVY is a Senior Consultant in the SunPS United Kingdom (UK) organization. He is currently leading the program for the UK's Consolidation and Migration team, concentrating on data center architectures and economics. Prior to this role, Dave led the UK's financial services consulting team based in London. Dave has successfully completed numerous consolidation and migration projects for banking and media customers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (November 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131502638
• ISBN-13: 978-0131502635
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,140,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ken Pepple currently serves as the Director of Cloud Development at Internap, where he leads the engineering of their OpenStack-based cloud service. Previously, he held technical leadership positions at Sun Microsystems and Oracle, including Chief Technologist for their Systems Line of Business and Technical Director for their Asia Pacific consulting organization.

You can contact Ken via his blog at http://ken.pepple.info.