OpenIndiana Build 151 a Now Available for 32 and 64-bit x86 Systems

According to a recent press release, OpenIndiana build 151a is now available for 32 and 64-bit x86 systems. The new build comes with new features, including a wealth of new software via the Spec Files Extra project (SFE).

“OpenIndiana's latest release is a significant milestone for the project, and represents a year of intensive hard work by our developers. OpenIndiana is now powered at its core by illumos, delivering with it significant enhancements such as KVM, the Kernel Mode Virtualisation software,” said Alasdair Lumsden, CEO of EveryCity and OpenIndiana project lead, in a press release. 

The OpenIndiana project was created on September 14th, 2010 with EveryCity, managed hosting provider. EveryCity has provided sponsorship by way of bandwidth and hosting capacity on their cloud platform.

The new release is also the foundation for the forthcoming first stable release of OpenIndiana, which will feature regular security and bug fixes provided free of charge.

Established in January 2006, EveryCity's mission is simple – to deliver the very best hosting possible. To achieve that and to be more agile and responsive to clients' needs, EveryCity has moved away from the fixed service model prevalent in the industry, towards the delivery of flexible and adaptable solutions.

Recently, the company forged a partnership with Zeus Technology (News - Alert), a U.K.-based provider of application traffic management software, to offer Zeus load balancing and dedicated virtual appliances at cost effective rates. With Zeus load balancer technology, EveryCity is able to offer an economic, multi-tiered solution to deal with rapid growth and unpredictable bursts of traffic. The service enables online companies to manage their growth while only paying for the computing resources they consume.

Through this partnership, EveryCity also offers dedicated Zeus virtual appliances. The service allows companies to turn on new features as they grow. Clients will be able to start off on the shared Zeus ZXTM product, but will be able to move onto a dedicated pair of Zeus Simple Load Balancers (SLB), in order to manage the weight of traffic as well as providing resilience as they grow, company official said.

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Edited by Jennifer Russell