zfs discuss - May 2008 - Indiana vs Nevada (for ZFS file server)

Pretty much what the subject says. I''m wondering which platform will
have the best stability/performance for a ZFS file server.

I''ve been using Solaris Express builds of Nevada for quite a while and
I''m currently on build 79b but I''m at a point where I want to
upgrade.
So now I have to ask, should I go with the OpenSolaris (.com) release
instead? Also, is there one that has better/newer driver support?
(Mostly in relation to SATA controllers)

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but since my main
goal is a ZFS server then I should get your guys opinions.

-- 
Christopher Gibbs
Programmer / Analyst
Web Integration & Programming
Abilene Christian University

Depends on what your end goal is really.  The opensolaris.com version is
releasing every 6 months, and I don''t believe there''s
currently any patching
between releases.  If you feel comfortable sitting on it that long, with
potential bugs for 6 months, great.  If not... it should be an easy choice.
Personally I chose option 3 and loaded nexenta.  You get regular updates,
but it still *stable* (or has been for me to date).

--Tim

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher Gibbs <chris.gibbs at
acu.edu>
wrote:
> Pretty much what the subject says. I''m wondering which platform
will
> have the best stability/performance for a ZFS file server.
>
> I''ve been using Solaris Express builds of Nevada for quite a while
and
> I''m currently on build 79b but I''m at a point where I
want to upgrade.
> So now I have to ask, should I go with the OpenSolaris (.com) release
> instead? Also, is there one that has better/newer driver support?
> (Mostly in relation to SATA controllers)
>
> Not sure if this is the right place to post this but since my main
> goal is a ZFS server then I should get your guys opinions.
>
> --
> Christopher Gibbs
> Programmer / Analyst
> Web Integration & Programming
> Abilene Christian University
> _______________________________________________
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> zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
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One other thing I noticed is that OpenSolaris (.com) will
automatically install ZFS root for you. Will Nexenta do that?

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Tim <tim at tcsac.net>
wrote:
> Depends on what your end goal is really.  The opensolaris.com version is
> releasing every 6 months, and I don''t believe there''s
currently any patching
> between releases.  If you feel comfortable sitting on it that long, with
> potential bugs for 6 months, great.  If not... it should be an easy choice.
> Personally I chose option 3 and loaded nexenta.  You get regular updates,
> but it still *stable* (or has been for me to date).
>
> --Tim
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher Gibbs <chris.gibbs at
acu.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Pretty much what the subject says. I''m wondering which
platform will
>> have the best stability/performance for a ZFS file server.
>>
>> I''ve been using Solaris Express builds of Nevada for quite a
while and
>> I''m currently on build 79b but I''m at a point where I
want to upgrade.
>> So now I have to ask, should I go with the OpenSolaris (.com) release
>> instead? Also, is there one that has better/newer driver support?
>> (Mostly in relation to SATA controllers)
>>
>> Not sure if this is the right place to post this but since my main
>> goal is a ZFS server then I should get your guys opinions.
>>
>> --
>> Christopher Gibbs
>> Programmer / Analyst
>> Web Integration & Programming
>> Abilene Christian University
>> _______________________________________________
>> zfs-discuss mailing list
>> zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
>
>


-- 
Christopher Gibbs
Programmer / Analyst
Web Integration & Programming
Abilene Christian University

Yup.  They were the first to do so (as far as I know).

--Tim


On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Christopher Gibbs <chris.gibbs at
acu.edu>
wrote:
> One other thing I noticed is that OpenSolaris (.com) will
> automatically install ZFS root for you. Will Nexenta do that?
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Tim <tim at tcsac.net> wrote:
> > Depends on what your end goal is really.  The opensolaris.com version
is
> > releasing every 6 months, and I don''t believe
there''s currently any
> patching
> > between releases.  If you feel comfortable sitting on it that long,
with
> > potential bugs for 6 months, great.  If not... it should be an easy
> choice.
> > Personally I chose option 3 and loaded nexenta.  You get regular
updates,
> > but it still *stable* (or has been for me to date).
> >
> > --Tim
> >
> > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher Gibbs <chris.gibbs at
acu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Pretty much what the subject says. I''m wondering which
platform will
> >> have the best stability/performance for a ZFS file server.
> >>
> >> I''ve been using Solaris Express builds of Nevada for
quite a while and
> >> I''m currently on build 79b but I''m at a point
where I want to upgrade.
> >> So now I have to ask, should I go with the OpenSolaris (.com)
release
> >> instead? Also, is there one that has better/newer driver support?
> >> (Mostly in relation to SATA controllers)
> >>
> >> Not sure if this is the right place to post this but since my main
> >> goal is a ZFS server then I should get your guys opinions.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christopher Gibbs
> >> Programmer / Analyst
> >> Web Integration & Programming
> >> Abilene Christian University
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> zfs-discuss mailing list
> >> zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org
> >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Christopher Gibbs
> Programmer / Analyst
> Web Integration & Programming
> Abilene Christian University
>
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> One other thing I noticed is that OpenSolaris (.com) will
> automatically install ZFS root for you. Will Nexenta do that?
yeah nexenta was the first opensolaris distro to have zfs root install and
snapshots and a modern package system, which all ties together into easy
upgrades.
 
 
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