Sengor wrote: > While on a VCS course on a Symantec site, I was told VxVM is planned > to be open sourced some time in near future. In either case the cost > is a large factor here, VxVM does not come cheap (unless you use VxSF > Basic http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=sfbasic which > is free).
VxVM has far fewer features than ZFS, you really can't compare them. You could compare VxVM to SVM more directly. > I see VxSF Basic being an immediate competitor to ZFS where the cost > does not count as much. Yes, I think VxSF Basic is a good thing, but it would not exist if there were no competitive pressures from the OS *and* hardware vendors. The competitive landscape for the low-end systems clearly dictates that, for today, (software and hardware) RAID is free($). -- richard > On 12/29/07, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> While you could have a wart-by-wart comparison, please remember that the >> biggest difference is that ZFS is free ($) and open source, while SF is >> costly >> (sometimes very costly) and closed source. The warts are just minor, mostly >> temporary, skin-deep issues. >> -- richard > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
