Actually it appears that FreeNAS is forking with planned support for both linux (we can only speculate on the preferred backing file system) and FreeBSD with ZFS as preferred backing file system.
In regards to OpenSolaris advocacy for using OpenSolaris vs. FreeBSD, I'm all ears if anybody is bold enough to clutter up this mailing list with it. A quick start from my perspective (and this is no way complete) would be: Basically, I have a need for a modern file systems with snapshots both for internal purposes and to support vmware instances. De-depluciation is a nice idea, but given our size, the balance between risk and dollars makes it easier to just have more disk space. Args for FreeBSD + ZFS: - Limited budget - We are familiar with managing FreeBSD. - We are familiar with tuning FreeBSD. - Licensing model Args against FreeBSD + ZFS: - Stability (?) - Possibly performance (although we have limited needs for CIFS) Args for OpenSolaris + ZFS: - Stability Args against OpenSolaris + ZFS: - Hardware compatibility - Lack of knowledge for tuning and associated costs for training staff to learn 'yet one more operating system' they need to support. - Licensing model On Dec 6, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Gary Gendel wrote: > The only reason I thought this news would be of interest is that the > discussions had some interesting comments. Basically, there is a significant > outcry because zfs was going away. I saw NextentaOS and EON mentioned > several times as the path to go. > > Seem that there is some opportunity for OpenSolaris advocacy in this arena > while the topic is hot. > > Gary > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
