On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Roger Marquis <marq...@roble.com> wrote:
> This is a good solution for those who don't mind binary distributions > using defaults chosen by the package developers (whether deb or rpm). > Unfortunately, this means a lot of unnecessary dependencies, a lot of > unused code, and reduced security and performance. > > Obviously not an issue for those who use Linux distributions by default, > they do offer many other advantages over FreeBSD. But for those who use > FreeBSD for it's maintainability a Linux jail or jail image is not the > preferred solution. > I'd like to address a couple things. First, I completely disagree that this approach would result in decreased security. I believe the opposite is true. Second, the speed impact would be negligible for all but the most intense environments with the possible exception of network latency/throughput(A jail would still be better at this than a full VM). There's nothing saying this couldn't be a VIMAGE enabled jail which should largely alleviate that potential issue as well. Using Linux compatibility might also result in even faster application: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_games_bsd&num=1 -- perhaps the only time I'll ever cite a Phoronix article. What I didn't articulate well or at all is this jail wouldn't need to utilize Linux compatibility layer, just an Linux-like filesystem hierarchy. With some mods to PORT vars in the jail you'd have a completely source based native install of all the prerequisites in paths FreePBX is designed for. >From there(and this is a real weakness in my suggest because it's open-ended), it might be possible to simply run "install_amp" with little or no modification. Upgrades shouldn't be too much of an issue either. Of course this less ideal that a true port, but given the realities of FreePBX and the ports system difficulties perhaps it's more viable. Just a suggestion. -- Adam Vande More
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