A Weekend Drive With OpenIndiana 151a

[jaysonraymond]

What I've found useful about OpenIndiana

If you want a server that:
-provides a well seasoned file system that scales beyond imagination, snapshots, is it simple to extend
-provides OS Virtualization that is very lightweight (Zones), when you don't want the overhead of machine virtualization
-has current versions of Java available
-has current versions of a great machine virtualization available (VirtualBox) and KVM

For all of these reasons I have been pleased with OpenIndiana 151a - one server has provided me 3 OS Virtualized PCs and 3 Hardware Virtualized PCs -

[mjkerpan]

For server-type tasks, it looks like 151 matches or beats 147 on most tests, but on many workstation-oriented tests (code compilation for example) it seems to have actually regressed a bit. Oh well. I guess you can't have everything.

[rpmcmurphy]

ZFS is certainly suited to workstations/desktops, snapshots can be invaluable when working on projects, accidental deletions etc beadm is also superb for testing updates/package installs.

OpenIndiana is installed on my workstation where it runs very solidly, I make alot of use of zones, Crossbow, DTrace (via Chime) and besides, it's always good to learn something new

[movieman]

Why would anyone run this?

ZFS is one obvious answer, though more applicable to servers than desktops.

[V!NCENT]

Why would anyone run this?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: A Weekend Drive With OpenIndiana 151a

Last month to mark the one year anniversary of the OpenIndiana project there was the release of OpenIndiana 151a, the latest build of this Illumos-based Solaris operating system. I have finally had time to try out this latest OpenIndiana release and, of course, to run a few benchmarks.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=16535