[zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

David Dyer-Bennet
2012-02-16T20:29:29Z

On Thu, February 16, 2012 13:31, Edward Ned Harvey
wrote:
>> From: zfs-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
>> bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet
>>
>> This is already getting useful; "which has never worked for
me" for
>> example is the sort of observation I find informative, since
I''ve been
>> seeing your name around here for some time and have the general
>> impression
>> that you''re not stupid or incompetent.
>
> Just because I talk a lot doesn''t mean I''m not stupid or
incompetent.  ;-)

I resemble that remark!

But, slightly more seriously, I''ve read what you said, not just noticed
the volume :-).

> "Never worked for me," in this case, basically means I tried
upgrading
> from
> one opensolaris to another... which went horribly wrong...  And even when
> applying system updates (paid commercial solaris 10 support, applying
> security patches etc) those often cause problems too.  But I
wouldn''t call
> them "horribly wrong."

I''ve gotten at least that to work a few times.  But for me, keeping up
with OS upgrades is one of the most important sysadmin tasks.  Otherwise,
you''re leaving unpatched vulnerabilities sitting around.

>> I was going to say the commercial version wasn''t an option --
but on
>> consideration, I haven''t done the research to determine that.
So that''s
>> a
>> task (how hard can it be to find out how much they want?).
>
> You mean, how much it costs?  http://oracle.com  click on
"Store," and
> "Solaris."  Looks like $1,000 per socket per year for 1-4
sockets.

You beat me to it.  And if that''s the order of magnitude, then I was
right
the first time, the commercial versions are completely out of the
question.  I might, if I felt really friendly towards Oracle, consider a
one-shot payment of 1/10 or maybe a little more :-).
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