Systems Administration

R

Research - Technology may be under evaluation and is not being used in production

P

Pilot - Technology approved for small-scale production use only.

I

Invest - Technology recommended for wide-spread deployment.

M

Maintain - New implementations are not encouraged. Existing systems may continue to rely upon these components and extend existing implementations. Product may be maintained but not planned for upgrades except bug fixes.

D

Disinvest - Technology is in the process of being phased out.

U

Unsupported - Technology is not advised for use in production systems.

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

AIX

pSeries

D

D 

D 

D 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

Solaris

Sparc

I

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

M 

M 

M 

M 

Solaris

x86

U

U 

U 

P 

P

P 

P 

I

I

I 

I 

I 

Linux (Red Hat)

x86

I

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

VMware

x86

P

P 

P 

P 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I