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SunVTS Software

The Sun Validation Test Suite, or SunVTS software, is an online diagnostics tool and system exerciser

for verifying the configuration and functionality of Sun hardware controllers, devices, and platforms.

SunVTS software is standard on the Solaris Supplemental CDROM.

Customers can run SunVTS software using any of these interfaces: a command line interface, a terminal

interface, or a graphical interface that runs within a windowed desktop environment.

SunVTS software lets customers view and control a testing session over modem lines or over a network.

Using a remote system, customers can view the progress of a SunVTS testing session, change testing

options, and control all testing features of another system on the network.

The SunVTS system exerciser is a graphically oriented UNIX software application that permits the

continuous exercising of system resources and internal and external peripheral equipment. Used to

determine if the system is functioning properly, SunVTS software incorporates a multifunctional stress

test of the system through operating-system-level calls, and allows the addition of new tests as they

become available.

VERITAS File System (VxFS) software is a high-performance, quick-recovery file system. VxFS

software augments UNIX file management with high availability, increased bandwidth, and up-to-date

and reliable structural integrity. It provides scalable performance and capacity to meet the demands of

increased user loads and client/server environments.

VxFS software provides fast recovery following a system crash or reboot. The system completes a file

system check (fsck) in seconds, regardless of file system size. In addition, VxFS software supports on-

line backup, on-line resizing (shrinking and growing of a file system), and on-line defragmentation.

These capabilities allow administrators to respond to dynamic data capacity and performance

requirements while reducing scheduled maintenance interruptions.

VxFS software allocates disk space to files in large, contiguous areas called extents, rather than in small

fixed-size blocks. This results in a significant reduction in the number of I/O operations required to read

and write large amounts of data.

The Sun Fire E2900 is classified in license class 2b by Veritas at time of announcement.

February 2005

Sun Confidential – Internal Use Only

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