On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Al Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This has a comparison (at the time) as to what the differences are > > with the different Solaris versions: > > http://blogs.sun.com/weber/entry/solaris_opensolaris_nevada_indiana_sxde > > That's too old to be useful. > I agree with you on this > > > OTOH - if you don't know OpenSolaris well enough, you're better off > either picking an earlier release that has proven to have very few > relevant warts - usually based on a recommendation for other, more > experieced, users. Or you could go with the commercial, rock solid > release called Solaris U6 (Update 6) recently released. > Where can I find advice on these earlier versions "with few relevant warts". When I look at forums, I see good and bad for each release. Also, S10U6 does not have features that I need (Zones ZFS cloning). Also, as I have no support contract with sun (home user), I am not sure if I will get patches or not. > > In any case, load the release you choose, play with it for a week or > so, while running the type of apps you intend to run and see if it > works for you. After that, consider it "production" and load up all > your precious data. > I'll try to do that > > Also - to add yet another dimension to the decision making process - > os2008.11 is due out any day now. I think that this release will be a > winner. You can download and eval the Release Candidate from > http://www.genunix.org/ (based on 101a). The "production" release > can't be far away..... To a large extent, os2008.nn will be a better > long-term choice, since it incorporates the new package update > facility. So you'll be able to upgrade any "problem" binaries very > easily and with very little of something going very wrong. > I'd love to go with os2008.nn, but the zones features are too different. I need sparse zones (and branded zones for linux perhaps). Also, I don't have a fast internet connection, so fetching everything from the web every time I create a zone is a bit of a problem. Anyway, thanks for your help, Vincent
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