Solaris 8 Features and Benefits: Solaris(TM) Bandwidth Manager Software

Solaris^TM Bandwidth Manager Software / Solaris Quality of Service for Solaris^TM Operating Environment

Description

Solaris^TM Bandwidth Manager 1.5 software is the foundation for delivering Solaris^TM Quality of Service (QoS) for the Solaris^TM Operating Environment.

By giving full control over how servers, users, and applications access vital network resources, Solaris Bandwidth Manager 1.5 software provides high service levels to mission-critical applications such as ERP and e-commerce.

With Solaris Bandwidth Manager, users can define advanced QoS policies that mirror a customer's business organization and integrate this data into the user's information system by building a business oriented network.

A key component of server consolidation and resource management that Solaris Bandwidth Manager enables differentiated classes of service for applications running on the same, high-end server. ISPs can host thousands of Web sites on one server while delivering varying service and billing options to their customers.

Requirements

Solaris Operating Environment release 2.6 or higher
JDK^TM 1.1.6 or JDK 1.1.7
Solaris Operating Environment on SPARC^TM processor or Intel processor platform
Minimum of 16 MB disk space and 32 MB memory
X Window System window manager
Second Ethernet port for behind-the-router 'IP-Transparent' operation
CD-ROM drive for software installation

Benefits

Optimized for the Solaris Operating Environment kernel
Handles high throughputs with no software limitation
T3 rate (45Mbps) on an entry-level Sun^TM Ultra^TM 5 (270Mhz)
Low CPU overhead
5 to 10 percent CPU overhead per 10Mbps traffic on Sun Ultra^TM 5 system
Extremely low latency added to first priority packets
144 micro-seconds on Sun Ultra 5 system (European Network Laboratories test results)
Solaris Bandwidth Manager is open and extensible
- Open set of public Java and C APIs that allows users to gather traffic statistics and accounting information and perform dynamic configuration
- Extensible plug-in of new, third-party JavaBeans^TM components to customer-specific actions or interoperate with external applications.
Solaris Bandwidth Manager can be deployed with billing packages
- APIs feed accounting data to the package
- Dynamically configure the package using APIs or Java plug-in software
Provide a total solution for traffic monitoring and billing

SolarisTM Bandwidth Manager Software / Solaris Quality of Service for SolarisTM Operating Environment

Solaris^TM Bandwidth Manager Software / Solaris Quality of Service for Solaris^TM Operating Environment