Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 20th Jul 2009 19:16 UTC
The Linux desktop has come a long way. It's a fully usable, stable, and secure operating system that can be used quite easily by the masses. Not too long ago, Sun figured they could do the same by starting Project Indiana, which is supposed to deliver a complete distribution of OpenSolaris in a manner similar to GNU/Linux. After using the latest version for a while, I'm wondering: why?
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RE: OpenSolaris of Solaris vs Gnome Windows of Linux
by dmantione on Thu 23rd Jul 2009 22:05
in reply to "OpenSolaris of Solaris vs Gnome Windows of Linux"
Member since:2005-07-06
Have you ever tried to mirror root partition on linux or worked with RAIDs (VolumeManagement)?
Yes, for example when YaST bring up the paritioning during installation you create a RAID array and a root partition on it. Just a few mouse clicks, works like a dream.
Solaris does not work like a dream... It can't detect all disks on a 24 port controller because of stone-age limitations in its SCSI subsystem.
RE[2]: OpenSolaris of Solaris vs Gnome Windows of Linux
by Robert Escue on Sat 25th Jul 2009 17:15
in reply to "RE: OpenSolaris of Solaris vs Gnome Windows of Linux"
Member since:2005-07-08
Sure it does, it is just that the default configuration does not support multiple LUNS. The storage array documentation should have described how to set up a Solaris machine by modifying /kernel/drv/sd.conf:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Comp/comp.arch.storage/2006...
Solaris is not backward, it different. Just as AIX, HP-UX and Linux are different.
Member since:
2009-03-18
Some forgot to mention that OpenSolaris is production ready and free.
It has also has crash dumps and panic utilities build in the system to help troubleshoot buggy applications. For RedHat you need to install a netdump server to support this feature.
Have you ever tried to mirror root partition on linux or worked with RAIDs (VolumeManagement)?
Solaris FC and Storage Multipathing Software included with Solaris. Network cards bonding is easy to implement.