having used both Linux VServers and Solaris Zones (with crossbow), I would have to say that zones are far better implemented. better yet they do not require a kernel patch (making your system impossible to get support for, from a corporate perspective).
Historically ZFS on BSD has trailed solaris and deviated in incompatible ways (but in the words of local investment advisers, "past performance is not indicative of future results"). Also, historically Solaris has maintained reverse compatibility, and standards compliance far better then Linux. In fact, there is another thread in this vary forum discussing the difficulty of porting software from Linux, because developers on that platform seem unaware of the standards (POSIX, SUS, etc). Personally, I have moved off of other UNIX systems and UNIX system like systems, mostly because of zfs, but found the other reasons described as reasons to stay (even if the other systems are getting some of the features). -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
