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If I need to run Linux software, I can use an lx-branded zone inside of SmartOS, and run at the speed of bare metal while having ZFS, mdb, kdb, dbx and DTrace,
by Annatar 11y ago
If I need to run Linux software, I can use an lx-branded zone inside of SmartOS, and run at the speed of bare metal while having ZFS, mdb, kdb, dbx and DTrace, CPU-bursting, and change kernel schedulers on the fly.
But then, as I am about to run Linux software inside of an lx-branded zone on SmartOS, I realize that SmartOS has 15,000 packages, with most the of the software I would have run on Linux, available natively on SmartOS:
http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/building-packages-at-scale.html http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/building-packages-at-scale.ht...
...so then, which operational advantages would LX containers on Linux offer me, that I already do not have on SmartOS with zones?
- lolidaisuki 11y agoYou can think of it as competition. Other people can think of it as something that they can make people who are already familiar with systems that use the Linux kernel.
- Annatar 11y agoSmartOS is paranoid about correctness of operation and data integrity; Linux and LXC containers are a poor competition in that area, when the OS comes with memory overcommit turned on by default, and default filesystems do not include data write guarantees nor block checksums...
- lolidaisuki 11y agoAre you trying to convince me of something? E: Not all competition is done with features. It also encompasses portabilitiy, ease of use, work forces familiarity and above all marketing.