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I wonder where Solaris is still actively being deployed and used.

by whalesalad 8mo ago

nine_k 8mo ago
Solaris proper, not Illumos?
- whalesalad 8mo ago
  Either way, SPARC and the entire family seem to be entirely dead in the grand scheme of things. I don't know why anyone would develop for this platform.
  - claudex 8mo ago
    Solaris and Illumos are available on x86
    - nubinetwork 8mo ago
      But illumos doesn't run on sparc... granted I don't have the hardware, but if I did, it would be nice if I could use illumos.
      - shrubble 8mo ago
        Tribblix does, which is based on illumos - I have a V210 I installed it on, not too long ago...
  - iberator 8mo ago
    Nope. Oracle SPARC S7, T8, and Fujitsu SPARC M12 still supported
    - whalesalad 8mo ago
      supported sure but its an ancient dying platform. sparc was discontinued almost 10 years ago.
      - sys_64738 8mo ago
        Oracle generated $3b in revenue from these systems last year.
proxysna 8mo ago
it's mostly OmniOS/SmartOS and other Illumos (descendant of OpenSolaris) distributions. All the Solaris 11 deployments i was aware of in mid-late 2010s are now either migrated to some sort of container setup of running on OmniOS.
coredog64 8mo ago
My employer uses ZFS under AndrewFS (aka AFS) and I would bet dollars to donuts that the OS is Solaris.
chasil 8mo ago
I think that OpenIndiana is where those with general interest in Solaris on x86_64 should go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenIndiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenIndiana SmartOS, for example, is a more specialized application of the scions of OpenSolaris. Here is a list of other distros that originated from the Illumos efforts after OpenSolaris was terminated: -DilOS, with Debian package manager (dpkg + apt) and virtualization support, available for x86-64 and SPARC. -NexentaStor, distribution optimized for virtualization, storage area networks, network-attached storage, and iSCSI or Fibre Channel applications employing the ZFS file system. -OmniOS Community Edition, takes a minimalist approach suitable for server use. -OpenIndiana, a distribution that is a continuation and fork in the spirit of the OpenSolaris operating system. -SmartOS, a distribution for cloud computing with Kernel-based Virtual Machine integration. -Helios, a distribution powering the Oxide Computer Rack. -Tribblix, retro style distribution with modern components, available for x86-64 and SPARC. -v9os, a server-only, IPS-based minimal SPARC distribution. -XStreamOS, a distribution for infrastructure, cloud, and web development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumos#Distributions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumos#Distributions Edit: From this blog entry, this is suspicious: "the committed support for Oracle Solaris until at least 2037" - does Solaris have a 2038 problem?
- bigbuppo 8mo ago
  No 2037 problem. That's just 25 years after they killed the product.
kaladin-jasnah 8mo ago
I think Oxide Computer uses it.
pjmlp 8mo ago
A few places, Fujitsu also has Solaris servers, and if you care about security, Solaris SPARC is the only production UNIX with hardware memory tagging in active use since 2015.
- my123 8mo ago
  AmpereOne M with MTE is out nowadays
  - pjmlp 8mo ago
    Good to know, still I bet there are more Solaris SPARC deployments on the wild than GNU/Linux on AmpereOne M.
ycombiredd 8mo ago
As a former SUN sysadmin/netadmin (from SunOS 4.1.4 days), I vaguely remember the Solaris releases after 2.5.1, maybe to another re-version/branding called Solaris 7, maybe? And then not paying any attention after Oracle absorbed it. I was honestly surprised enough by this headline to click TFA, simply because I did not think Solaris even existed anymore.
- tw04 8mo ago
  >I was honestly surprised enough by this headline to click TFA, simply because I did not think Solaris even existed anymore. Oracle would never give up the opportunity to continue milking customers until they're comletely dry. They did kill all future releases and blew up the SPARC roadmap. They also fired everyone working on new features and releases but kept enough of a skeleton crew to charge legacy customers outrageous support fees. But for all practical intents and purposes, it's dead. One guy releasing things like "ls -sh now actually shows human readable output" being highlighted as a new feature kind of tells you everything you need to know.
jamesfinlayson 8mo ago
One of Australia's bigger universities still had a Solaris server 15 years ago - no idea if it's still in use though.
panick21_ 8mo ago
I recently saw it on a big European bank. The Oracle version. An of course Oxide is still very active in developing the open source version. They develop upstream first.

I wonder where Solaris is still actively being deployed and used.

nine_k 8mo ago

Solaris proper, not Illumos?

whalesalad 8mo ago
Either way, SPARC and the entire family seem to be entirely dead in the grand scheme of things. I don't know why anyone would develop for this platform.
- claudex 8mo ago
  Solaris and Illumos are available on x86
  - nubinetwork 8mo ago
    But illumos doesn't run on sparc... granted I don't have the hardware, but if I did, it would be nice if I could use illumos.
    - shrubble 8mo ago
      Tribblix does, which is based on illumos - I have a V210 I installed it on, not too long ago...
- iberator 8mo ago
  Nope. Oracle SPARC S7, T8, and Fujitsu SPARC M12 still supported
  - whalesalad 8mo ago
    supported sure but its an ancient dying platform. sparc was discontinued almost 10 years ago.
    - sys_64738 8mo ago
      Oracle generated $3b in revenue from these systems last year.

proxysna 8mo ago

it's mostly OmniOS/SmartOS and other Illumos (descendant of OpenSolaris) distributions. All the Solaris 11 deployments i was aware of in mid-late 2010s are now either migrated to some sort of container setup of running on OmniOS.

coredog64 8mo ago

My employer uses ZFS under AndrewFS (aka AFS) and I would bet dollars to donuts that the OS is Solaris.

chasil 8mo ago

I think that OpenIndiana is where those with general interest in Solaris on x86_64 should go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenIndiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenIndiana SmartOS, for example, is a more specialized application of the scions of OpenSolaris. Here is a list of other distros that originated from the Illumos efforts after OpenSolaris was terminated: -DilOS, with Debian package manager (dpkg + apt) and virtualization support, available for x86-64 and SPARC. -NexentaStor, distribution optimized for virtualization, storage area networks, network-attached storage, and iSCSI or Fibre Channel applications employing the ZFS file system. -OmniOS Community Edition, takes a minimalist approach suitable for server use. -OpenIndiana, a distribution that is a continuation and fork in the spirit of the OpenSolaris operating system. -SmartOS, a distribution for cloud computing with Kernel-based Virtual Machine integration. -Helios, a distribution powering the Oxide Computer Rack. -Tribblix, retro style distribution with modern components, available for x86-64 and SPARC. -v9os, a server-only, IPS-based minimal SPARC distribution. -XStreamOS, a distribution for infrastructure, cloud, and web development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumos#Distributions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumos#Distributions Edit: From this blog entry, this is suspicious: "the committed support for Oracle Solaris until at least 2037" - does Solaris have a 2038 problem?

bigbuppo 8mo ago
No 2037 problem. That's just 25 years after they killed the product.

kaladin-jasnah 8mo ago

I think Oxide Computer uses it.

pjmlp 8mo ago

A few places, Fujitsu also has Solaris servers, and if you care about security, Solaris SPARC is the only production UNIX with hardware memory tagging in active use since 2015.

my123 8mo ago
AmpereOne M with MTE is out nowadays
- pjmlp 8mo ago
  Good to know, still I bet there are more Solaris SPARC deployments on the wild than GNU/Linux on AmpereOne M.

ycombiredd 8mo ago

As a former SUN sysadmin/netadmin (from SunOS 4.1.4 days), I vaguely remember the Solaris releases after 2.5.1, maybe to another re-version/branding called Solaris 7, maybe? And then not paying any attention after Oracle absorbed it. I was honestly surprised enough by this headline to click TFA, simply because I did not think Solaris even existed anymore.

tw04 8mo ago
>I was honestly surprised enough by this headline to click TFA, simply because I did not think Solaris even existed anymore. Oracle would never give up the opportunity to continue milking customers until they're comletely dry. They did kill all future releases and blew up the SPARC roadmap. They also fired everyone working on new features and releases but kept enough of a skeleton crew to charge legacy customers outrageous support fees. But for all practical intents and purposes, it's dead. One guy releasing things like "ls -sh now actually shows human readable output" being highlighted as a new feature kind of tells you everything you need to know.

jamesfinlayson 8mo ago

One of Australia's bigger universities still had a Solaris server 15 years ago - no idea if it's still in use though.

panick21_ 8mo ago

I recently saw it on a big European bank. The Oracle version. An of course Oxide is still very active in developing the open source version. They develop upstream first.