Hi Mathieu, OpenSolaris will one day become the next version of Solaris.
Actually, most of the new features and drivers are developed for OpenSolaris, and once it has been validated and tested, and if there is a need, it is backported to Solaris. If you find something in the HCL list of Solaris, it will work with OpenSolaris. If you want to test the S7000 at home, you can download a VBox or VMware simulator and play: http://www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/unified_storage/resources.jsp Cheers and welcome! Javier On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, MSim <kofi-please at gmx.net> wrote: > Hi > > I've been discovering OpenSolaris (I'm coming from Windows / Linux mostly) > for a Storage Server for ZFS with some Comstar iSCSI targets. - On a testbox > I'm really liking it :-) > > I've had a look on the both HCL's and realized there are some differences > in terms of support of server hardware: > - Server Hardware is often only on solaris HCL ("certified") > - Desktop Hardware appears more often in Opensolaris HCL (comprehensible) > > Now e.g. I've been checking the HCL for a compatible Server board and > (Intel S5520UR), it is on Solaris List but not on the OpenSolaris one. This > is often the case for "server hardwar" when I picked out other hardware. > > What does that mean for OpenSolaris Compatibility? > If not on OSol HCL does it mean I have to risk its not compatible, or: In > general, it should work if it's already on the Solaris HCL? > > BTW: I've given a look at Sun's 7000 series but they would surpass our > budget...sorry. > > Thanks for enlightening me > Mathieu > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > ug-chosug mailing list > ug-chosug at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-chosug/attachments/20100117/4735e4cb/attachment.html>
