Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 15th Jan 2008 17:03 UTC, submitted by erast
Nexenta CP RC2 has been released. "OpenSolaris build 80+ (non-debug); project integration: NWS, AVS, COMSTAR, in-kernel CIFS client; apt-clone: ZFS-integrated safe upgrade via remote APT repository; support for in-place (live) and safe upgrades; installer: multiple improvements; Nexenta Zones (multiple improvements); integrated automatic Zone upgrades; started using conventional Debian development cycle."
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Member since:2006-03-23
It actually differs a lot from OpenSolaris (as distributed by Sun). It's a GNU base system running on SunOS instead of Linux. Even though the GNU/Kernel naming scheme doesn't give the whole picture, GNU/Solaris is actually a good description of what's in it and if you look up www.gnusolaris.org you'll see that it's the name they used previously.
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2007-03-30
NexentaCP was the first OpenSolaris distro to have native ZFS root installer. NexentaCP also beat Indiana to supporting updating the whole OS from an online repository, using ZFS snapshots to allow you to roll back to previous updates.
I've used it and it is pretty simple and good. Basically it is OpenSolaris built by people outside Sun, using deb packages and apt to update stuff. The quality produced by just a handful of guys reminds you why competition is a good thing.