SunLink Server software is a set of SolarisTM operating environment services that enable powerful, highly scalable, highly reliable Sun computers to perform vital local-area network (LAN) tasks within a mixed-client environment.
As a server within a LAN, a Sun computer with SunLink Server software installed provides file, print, application, authentication, and primary and backup domain controller (PDC and BDC) services that enable the efficient sharing of computing resources among desktop computer users. Incorporating Microsoft technology, SunLink Server software works like a native NT server in network "neighborhoods" that include systems running Windows NT Server, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows for Workgroups (Windows 3.11).
SunLink Server features are those of Windows NT Server 4.0. This ensures compatibility with Microsoft networking features and desktop environments while also taking advantage of the Solaris operating environment's abilities to function simultaneously as a file, print, and communications server.
SunLink Server networking services are functionally equivalent to those offered by Windows NT Server. Among these services:
In addition, SunLink Server software offers user account synchronization between NTDS and related Solaris services.
The additional benefits of Sun computers running the Solaris operating environment include true preemptive multitasking and symmetric multiprocessing. The time-sharing, multi-user model employed by the Solaris operating environment ensures file system integrity and continued server availability--even if a user's application crashes.