Solaris Series: Solaris Internals
Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture - 2nd Edition
- 1020 pages
- 36 hours of reading
The Solaris™ Internals volumes offer the most comprehensive treatment of the Solaris (and OpenSolaris) Operating Environment. Anyone using Solaris in any capacity should include these volumes in their library. With advanced observability tools like DTrace, users can explore previously uncharted territories in system performance. The second edition provides a fantastic means to quickly understand Solaris systems and architecture, especially with the availability of OpenSolaris source code. These volumes are essential for anyone seeking in-depth knowledge of Solaris internals and architecture. As a senior Unix engineer, I found the first edition to be the only fully comprehensive resource for kernel developers, systems programmers, and administrators. The new second edition, along with the companion performance and debugging book, serves as an indispensable reference set, offering practical explanations of Solaris and its subsystems, including tools for observing and analyzing systems running Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris. The second edition describes the algorithms and data structures of the major subsystems in the Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris kernels, featuring over 600 pages of new material. It integrates Solaris tools and utilities, such as DTrace and MDB, to illustrate how to observe the Solaris kernel in action. The companion volume extends these examples, focusing on performance and behavior analysis, making these volumes an
