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The more I look into freebsd, the more I realise how awesome it is. This same thing has been in freebsd for ages: jails. (maybe not the fancy deployment, but t
by AlexanderDhoore 14y ago
The more I look into freebsd, the more I realise how awesome it is. This same thing has been in freebsd for ages: jails.
(maybe not the fancy deployment, but the container technology)
That, together with ZFS turns freebsd into one hell of a server OS. ZFS seriously needs to come to linux. And don't say license problem, "there is nothing in either license that prevents distributing it in the form of a binary module or in the form of source code."[1]
[1] http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue http://zfsonlinux.org/faq.html#WhatAboutTheLicensingIssue
- stock_toaster 14y agoI have been looking more at smartos (and other openindiana derivatives). Zones + KVM + ZFS. Oh my!
- cwp 14y agoYou forgot DTrace!
- stock_toaster 14y agoack! I sure did! And you are quite right. DTrace is super.
- jnw2 14y agosmartos does seem to be missing an X server you can run in the global zone on the physical machine's physical video port(s), though, which makes it pretty useless for a home computer (which otherwise would be a great place to start playing with it before deploying it elsewhere).
- helper 14y agoSmartOS is definitely not intended to be used as a desktop system, but it can work great as a home server if you have some spare hardware. OpenIndiana is another Illumos distro that can be used as a desktop. You get all of the core benefits of Illumos (zones, zfs, dtrace). The big downside is that you don't get the nice tools for managing zones/vms that SmartOS provides (vmadm/imgadm). FreeBSD has ported a lot of the best features from Illumos so it could also work for you. Just remember that an OS is only worth running if it has DTrace.
- Nux 14y agoEven if it won't make it in any Linux distro officially, there is nothing stopping you from using it.
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- ari_elle 14y agoSeveral people i know run ZFS very successfully on Funtoo Linux. Funtoo being a Gentoo-Fork lead by Daniel Robbins himself. --- http://www.funtoo.org/ZFS_Fun http://www.funtoo.org/ZFS_Fun --- http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/ZFS_Install_Guide http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/ZFS_Install_Guide I personally haven't used it so far, but i hear good things :) I agree with your statement though: ZFS + Jails is a killer pro-BSD argument when it comes to servers.