On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:53 AM, thaar <thaar at thaartechnologies.com> wrote: > Dear all > I have the following Q's: > > 1. Is is possible to install Oracle 11g on OpenSolaris? > 2. Can i Connect XP clients (with VB.6 applications) to OpenSolaris Server > using windows authentication and AD if its installed on opensolaris? > 3. Can OpenSolaris Server support 1000-2000 clients? > 4. what is the price of OpenSolaris Server for the above no of users for > governemt organization? > 5. Can OpenSolaris Server affected by viruses, what is the suitable antivirus? > 6. can i install OpenSolaris Server on HP Proliant DL380 X86 32bit ? > 7. Is it possible to install it on x86 32 bit. opensolaris doc's stated this > and i did the sun online hardware checking which gives me OK, but when i > tried to install the downloaded image 8.11, its an able and gives me its for > 64 bit. > 8. what is the stable version of opensolaris that can be installed on 32 bit. > 9 dose opensolaris give the same functionalty of windows 2008 server such as > group policy and DHCP,DNS,AD ...etc? > 10.regarding MYSQL, is it installed with opensolaris, is it free of charge > for government organization (what is the price if not), is it possible to > convert SQL SERVER database to MYSQL, is it possible to connect VB6/.net to > MYSQL. > 11. what is the security level of opensolaris and espectially for government > organization? dose it support RSA security?
I can't answer all of these questions, but the ones I can answer are answered below: 2. You can't run AD directly on OpenSolaris, but you can bind the OpenSolaris machine to AD for the sharing of files via the in-kernel CIFS server 3. This depends on what the clients are doing and what hardware you choose for the server. Solaris can handle *lots* of clients potentially. 4. OpenSolaris is free. Support plans are not, and are listed on Sun's site. 5. OpenSolaris can't be directly infected by a virus. There are several AV vendors that sell products that will install on Solaris and can then scan files stored on a Solaris-managed filesystem. 6. Download the LiveCD, boot it on this machine, and run the Device Driver Utility to determine if you have drivers for all your hardware. Also check the OpenSolaris HCL (internet search will help here). 7. 2008.11 OpenSolaris will install on a 32-bit machine with enough RAM. It's not recommended due to the memory limit imposed by 32-bit architecture (no more than 4gb RAM). 8. See answer to #7 9. No. AD is a Windows-only application, though you could perhaps run a Windows AD server in Xen on OpenSolaris. 10. I'm not sure about migrating 'normal' SQL to MySQL, but yes, MySQL can be gotten with the 'pkg' tool on OpenSolaris and is totally free, just like OpenSolaris. Support, of course, is not. 11. I'm not sure where you want to use RSA encryption, but OpenSolaris definitely supports it. Security has always been a strong point of Solaris/OpenSolaris.
