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> OK for experienced admins, bad for newcomers. How difficult is to create Solaris packages from source? I must admit I never had the problem. > I'd also add
by eleitl 17y ago
> OK for experienced admins, bad for newcomers.
How difficult is to create Solaris packages from source? I must admit I never had the problem.
> I'd also add Zones
Well, Linux has VServer.
> as well as ZFS
I agree zfs is nice. Particularly, given L2ARC and ZIL on SSDs, with large SATA raidz2 or raidz3 behind them.
However, btrfs is making the right noises. Whether they deliver on them or not is not yet known, but if they do Solaris needs quite a few more tricks up its sleeve by then. I hope Oracle doesn't drop the ball.
- bensummers 17y agoSolaris packages are easy to create, but getting things to compile can be tricky as lots of open source code assumes Linux-isms, so you have to port to standards. (BSDs have the same problem.) Zones are integrated into the very core of the OS, not bolted on. btrfs does sound like an improvement on ZFS in a few ways, especially in it's COW b-trees, taking advantage of a few more years of development. Competition will be good for ZFS, but right now, ZFS is probably the best shipping and stable FS.