Google switching to Solaris?!

[Net Llama!]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Myles Green wrote:\
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:23:23 -0500 (EST)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
>> Hrmm, that's interesting, as I've never noticed a difference.  Can you
>> elaborate on what specifically felt quicker?
>
> OK, specifically I'm speaking about the GNU/OpenSolaris offering from
> Nexenta Systems and, aside from boot-up, just about everything to do with
> application start-up times including Desktop Environments like GNOME, KDE
> Xfce. This was my observation on a run-of-the-mill Athlon-XP w/1GB DDR
> SDRAM with IBM, Maxtor and Samsung 7200RPM drives. Everything happened
> *right now*, no hesitation, which is why I've been scratching my head trying
> figure out why almost everyone in the Linux world calls it 'slowlaris' or
> 'slowaris'. I haven't given it a real workout on a server installation but
> with ZFS, Zones and BrandZ (comming soon... ~ 2 wks so I'm told) it looks
> and sounds pretty exciting.

You've never run it on a SPARC based system.  That's when the slowness 
really shines.  I haven't found it to be significantly slower or faster on 
AMD64 systems.

> Seriously, you need to grab VMware-Server (it's free...) and the
> installation ISO for NexentaOS (Elatte) alpha5 (or wait ~2 weeks for
> alpha6) and have a look [1]. Better yet would be a 'real'
> install-to-hard-disk setup (a one-OS-per-disk setup works best; think easy
> install)) and spend a morning or so exploring it. I did about a year ago
> and was blown away with experience - and that was alpha-one, current is
> alpha-five with alpha-6 due in roughly 2 weeks. This is not your typical
> stuffy SunOS here folks, this one's on steroids!

How is NexentaOS different than the OpenSOlaris ISO images?  Is it just 
more packages, or are they rebuilding packages that Sun ships?  I'm asking 
because I've used OpenSolaris quite a lot lately, and was generally 
unimpressed.


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