Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Ian, I actually looked at SmartOS, but it seems to be going in the cloud direction. I was looking for a base to build an intranet vdi solution on. Thanks for the pointer though. Thanks, Gerry -Original Message- From: Ian Collins [mailto:i...@ianshome.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 1:57 AM To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? Gerry Weaver wrote: Hello All, I have been checking out OpenIndiana as a possible file server and KVM host. I have read in a couple of places that the OS is stable despite its development release status. Would anyone be so kind as to share their experiences using OpenIndiana in production? My testing so far shows it to be rock solid. BTW: Many thanks to those who are putting the hard work into this. I think it has a lot of potential. It may not be an appropriate answer on this list, but SmartOS looks like a better fit if you want a platform focused around KVM support. -- Ian. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Ian, I've been doing the virtualization thing for a long time (since before it was cool). During that time, I have found what works best for me. I don't mean to criticize, but it lacks the perspective of someone who deals with maintaining a virtual environment on a daily basis. I was planning to port something that is already running on Linux to OpenIndiana. That being said, I would be glad to discuss it further with you, if you're interested. Thanks, Gerry -Original Message- From: Ian Collins [mailto:i...@ianshome.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:46 AM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? Gerry Weaver wrote: Hi Ian, I actually looked at SmartOS, but it seems to be going in the cloud direction. I was looking for a base to build an intranet vdi solution on. Thanks for the pointer though. Which is what we use SmartOS for... -- Ian. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Ian, Sorry. It was quite late when I sent the reply. I was addressing your reference to SmartOS. Thanks, Gerry -Original Message- From: Ian Collins [mailto:i...@ianshome.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 5:25 PM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? Gerry Weaver wrote: Hi Ian, I've been doing the virtualization thing for a long time (since before it was cool). During that time, I have found what works best for me. I don't mean to criticize, but it lacks the perspective of someone who deals with maintaining a virtual environment on a daily basis. What's it? My reply, SmartOS, OI? Maintaining virtual environments is a part of my day job. I was planning to port something that is already running on Linux to OpenIndiana. That being said, I would be glad to discuss it further with you, if you're interested. That depends what it is, I've been though the porting pain enough times to be cautious! -- Ian. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Udo, That's very encouraging! Do you mind if I ask what you are running on them? Thanks, Gerry -Original Message- From: Udo Grabowski (IMK) [mailto:udo.grabow...@kit.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:02 AM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? On 27/03/2013 03:29, Gerry Weaver wrote: Hello All, I have been checking out OpenIndiana as a possible file server and KVM host. I have read in a couple of places that the OS is stable despite its development release status. Would anyone be so kind as to share their experiences using OpenIndiana in production? My testing so far shows it to be rock solid. BTW: Many thanks to those who are putting the hard work into this. I think it has a lot of potential. 120 machines (blades and fileservers) in a high workload environment one year now, no problems. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Udo, That's very interesting information. Are the machines running the latest build? What do you use for the network (ie; infiniband, 10gbe)? Thanks Gerry -Original Message- From: Udo Grabowski (IMK) [mailto:udo.grabow...@kit.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:51 AM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? On 27/03/2013 08:31, Gerry Weaver wrote: Hi Udo, That's very encouraging! Do you mind if I ask what you are running on them? High CPU load atmospheric trace gas retrievals from ENVISAT/MIPAS satellite data, written in Fortran 95, running unparallelized with 2 to 5 GB RAM for each process on ~900 cores, with each one producing occasional high IO bursts over NFS to seven 50-100 TB ZFS fileservers (500 TB in total), and a couple of pre- and postprocessing utilities written in IDL, Perl, C, shell scripts. Very demanding stuff that sometimes drives these systems to their limits (but they won't fail!). ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hi Udo, Very cool! I could probably go on forever with questions, but you have given me more than sufficient inspiration to continue with my project. Thanks for taking the time to answer my query. It is very much appreciated. Thanks for the link also. BTW: I've been running a fairly intensive genetic algorithm search on 4 nodes with Linux virtual machines for a couple of weeks now. No errors of any kind as of yet. Thanks, Gerry -Original Message- From: Udo Grabowski (IMK) [mailto:udo.grabow...@kit.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:34 AM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? On 27/03/2013 09:19, Gerry Weaver wrote: Hi Udo, That's very interesting information. Are the machines running the latest build? What do you use for the network (ie; infiniband, 10gbe)? All of them 1Gbe, 10Gbe, and Infiniband (although this is still in experimental state due to lack of time, but it seems to work). All running on OI151a7, we started with a2, which was also very stable. Plus 21 full Gnome desktops with all fancy bells and whistles, all cloned from a single machine across servers and blades and different workstations (Sun,Dell, Fujitsu/Siemens), see my recent post how to (roughly) do that: http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2013-March/012076.html ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production?
Hello All, I have been checking out OpenIndiana as a possible file server and KVM host. I have read in a couple of places that the OS is stable despite its development release status. Would anyone be so kind as to share their experiences using OpenIndiana in production? My testing so far shows it to be rock solid. BTW: Many thanks to those who are putting the hard work into this. I think it has a lot of potential. Thanks, Gerry ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
