On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 06:10:40AM -0800, J??rg Stephan wrote: > Hi there, > > at the weekend i installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 on an AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+ > with 1GB DDR Ram. I wanted to try virtualization with VirtualBox. But i there > where some things i really dont like, maybe you can help me to understand why > it is and when it will work > > 1. Why uses OpenSolaris 95% of Ram directly after install (By the way same > machine other OS takes 30%)
I believe OpenSolaris caches everything it can to improve performance. As it has been discussed before, if the memory is desperately needed by another application it will be freed. > > 2. What about LVM and ext2,3,4 Support? I t would look better if i could use > my old linux storage discs by just plugging them in. It might make migration easier, but then we wouldn't be able to use ZFS, which would be a crying shame. > 3. Why does the boot of the System takes so long? I could drink a coffee. I > mean the mashine isnt that slow. This can depend on several things. As someone pointed out already, the initial boot takes longer due to building the smf database. If you have a large number of ZFS filesystems, it can also increase the boot time dramatically. > 4. Why doenst <Alt>+<F1> switch to an console? Or better question... Where is > the console? I'm not sure sorry, i don't run X on any of mine. > After all. I really like Solaris. But this 4 Points make it a bit bad. Point > 2 is the biggest problem. First i could solve by buying ram which isnt > expencive, but my storage data would be necessary. Copying 400GB Data just > takes too long, even when i must insert it into a different machine to make > scp or so. I agree that copying massive amounts of data can be a pain, but it's not somthing that should need to be done every day. Most people would be happy to spend a day copying if it meant they could move from ext* to ZFS. I think, while some people might find a use for linux FS support, it won't be enough for it to be included in the kernel, unless you fancy writing it yourself of course :) As far as the RAM usage goes, do you find you are actually running out of RAM? Are applications dying because there is not free memory? Or is it just the free memory statistics that have you worried? Hope some of this helps you. Matt _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
