Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Edward Martinez
Hi all, First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS solution on my ome server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services between two ESXi hosts. In terms of performance, license and (free) support which can be the best option: exentaStor CE or

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Edward Martinez
If you want free support ... I don't know ... does nexenta do that? there is no support for nexentastor ce, only upgrade to testing. support is only offered on the enterprise edition. http://www.nexenta.com/corp/nexentastor-overview/nexentastor-versions -- This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread carlopmart
On 11/21/2010 09:07 AM, Edward Martinez wrote: Hi all, First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS solution on my ome server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services between two ESXi hosts. In terms of performance, license and (free) support which can

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Gary Driggs
On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:42 AM, carlopmart wrote: Sorry for not clarify the issue of support. With support I meant to install patches and upgrades between releases, not a commercial support. Yes but the community edition tops out at 12 terabytes so that should be sufficient for most home uses.

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread carlopmart
On 11/21/2010 11:15 AM, Gary Driggs wrote: On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:42 AM, carlopmart wrote: Sorry for not clarify the issue of support. With support I meant to install patches and upgrades between releases, not a commercial support. Yes but the community edition tops out at 12 terabytes so that

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Edward Martinez
On 11/21/10 01:42, carlopmart wrote: On 11/21/2010 09:07 AM, Edward Martinez wrote: Hi all, First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS solution on my ome server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services between two ESXi hosts. In terms of performance,

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Joerg Schilling
Gary Driggs gdri...@gmail.com wrote: Yes but the community edition tops out at 12 terabytes so that should be sufficient for most home uses. If such a restriction exists, then Nexenta is not OpenSource compliant. Section 6 of the OSS definition requires no discrimination against fields of

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Günther
about Nexenta* If you talk about the different versions of Nexenta, you must understand the business modell of Nexenta Sytems Inc. (nexenta.com), the company behind all of them. It similar to Citrix with XEN/ Xenserver or Vmware with free esxi with the free-core idea. Thirst they offer

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Ken Mays
You can use either one for home use. NexentaStor Community Edition 3.0.4 works fine for that purpose and will give you 'decent' performance and stability for your personal and home storage uses. There is a lot of features in the Nexenta Enterprise Edition 3.0.4, but this might be out of scope

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Edward Martinez
On 11/21/10 08:27, Günther wrote: about Nexenta* If you talk about the different versions of Nexenta, you must understand the business modell of Nexenta Sytems Inc. (nexenta.com), the company behind all of them. It similar to Citrix with XEN/ Xenserver or Vmware with free esxi with the

[osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-20 Thread carlopmart
Hi all, First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS solution on my home server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services between two ESXi hosts. In terms of performance, license and (free) support which can be the best option: NexentaStor CE or Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-20 Thread Steven Acres
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Edward Ned Harvey sh...@nedharvey.comwrote: From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of carlopmart First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS solution on my