Hi Paul, Paul B. Henson wrote: > We've been prototyping a ZFS-based file server with Solaris 10. Based on > the announcement from Sun that they are going to provide support for > openSolaris, we are evaluating migrating our project. > > It looks like there is no automated install yet? We have a very efficient > jumpstart configuration for Solaris 10, it only takes about five minutes of > interactive time to get a box from bare iron to fully deployed server. > > I see a very nice requirements and design document for an automated > installer, but based on the archives of this mailing list it doesn't look > like it's going to be available in the short to mid term. > The first release won't be available in the short term, but a prototype is imminent. Which allows you to boot the image(which is a reduced OpenSolaris image) over the network, and install the contents of the full livecd on to the target. It will have very minimal configuration capability(the prototype that is). So, if you want the caiman-discuss alias you will see when this is posted. > It doesn't look like there is a way to at least network boot the install > image, am I mistaken or do you need to physically insert a CD into the > server for the installation? > Not until the prototype is available. > Are there any viable workaround options to decrease the interactive time > required for installation or define a standard configuration and > installation without having to select options each time? > > Not right now. The AI project will provide this of course, but the livecd requires this data to be input. > While running Solaris 10, I've been very envious of all the cool ZFS > features that hadn't been back ported yet. It will be sweet if we can enjoy > the benefits of cutting edge openSolaris features while still having an > official support contract to keep management happy. I've been trying to > contact our contract sales representative to get more details on > openSolaris coverage, does anyone on this list happened to have an opinion > on whether or not it would be sufficient for an important production > server? > > > I think in general OpenSolaris is suitable for production. There is support offered for this product. It is a work in progress however, not necessarily as stable as a Solaris release that you may be currently using. But, it does have all the new stuff, ZFS root/boot, snap upgrade, IPS packaging system. The newest Gnome bits, and it is easily upgradeable.
Regards, sarah **** > Thanks... > >
