1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 -- subjective. Bad question, 'which is best'. Everyone's going to have an opinion. I suspect most opinions may be in sync on answers for 4, 5, and 6, but I bet you'll get an argument on 1, and possibly on 3.
You'll notice I didn't mention 2, because that one I can give you an answer. None. Don't do it. Scale out, not up. If you're putting more than probably 180 or so hard disks into a single system, you probably need to re-evaluate what you're doing. There may be rare exceptions, such as deep archival/cold storage, but even then, I question the necessity of sticking it all in one system instead of spreading it out. At that size, the cost delta of spreading it out (in the form of the additional server[s]) is often fractions of a penny per GB, with all sorts of payback (lowered failure domains, significantly improved performance, an overall ease of administration despite increasing the number of OS' to manage, the list is endless). - Andrew On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Hans J. Albertsson < [email protected]> wrote: > Which Illumos-based OS would be best for: > > 1. A medium sized file server; Like 50 TB or less. > > 2. A very large file server; up to 1000 TB or more. > > 3. A mail server serving iMap and all the others, and running postfix or > similar. No user login, but some user self-admin for vacations, forwarding, > password change. Miust run greylisting and antivirus. Must be admin > manageable by a group of half-wits under occasional guidance by the > resident genius. > > 4. A web site hosting server. a few hundred or so sites, space served by > something like spec'ed in 1. above. > > 5. GUI remote access virtual machines, like a hundred or so. > > 6. Notebook for desktop stuff. Spec the notebook, too, please! Good enough > to run several virtual machines with several different OSes. Great graphics > for modelling and desktop stuff. > > > ????? > > > I know the answer will depend on other things, so there may be several > answers dependent on other restrictions or desires. > > > > For each case I am very interested in turnkey ready complete appliances > based on Illumos. Even if you are not sure they are actually the best. > Ready made has the sweet taste of being already set up. > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/ > 24484419-ccb7a31c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/ > member/?& > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
