Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-20 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, February 16, 2012 11:18, Paul Kraus wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >> I'm seriously thinking of going Nexenta, as I think it would let me be a >> little less of a sysadmin.  Solaris 11 express is tempting in its own >> way >> though, if I decide the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-17 Thread Paul B. Henson
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:38:07PM -0800, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Thanks. Given the pricing for commercial Solaris versions, I don't think > moving to them is likely to ever be important to me. It looks like OI and > Nexenta are the viable choices I have to look at. Another option soon to be

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-17 Thread Ian Collins
On 02/17/12 03:54 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: If you consider paying for solaris - at Oracle, you just pay them for "An OS" and they don't care which one you use. Could be oracle linux, solaris, or solaris express. I would recommend solaris 11 express based on personal experience. It gets bu

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Wed, February 15, 2012 18:06, Brandon High wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> Is there an upgrade path from (I think I'm running Solaris Express) to >> something modern?  (That could be an Oracle distribution, or the free > > There *was* an upgrade path from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, February 16, 2012 13:31, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet >> >> This is already getting useful; "which has never worked for me" for >> example is the sort of observation I f

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet > > This is already getting useful; "which has never worked for me" for > example is the sort of observation I find informative, since I've been > seeing your name around here

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Kraus
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > I'm seriously thinking of going Nexenta, as I think it would let me be a > little less of a sysadmin.  Solaris 11 express is tempting in its own way > though, if I decide the price is tolerable. I looked at the Nexenta route, and w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Thu, February 16, 2012 08:54, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet >> >> While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm >> starting to think about it -- to b

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Nomen Nescio
> I would recommend solaris 11 express based on personal experience. It > gets bugfixes and new features sooner than commercial solaris. I thought they stopped making 11 Express available when 11 went out? ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@openso

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread andy thomas
On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andy thomas One of my most vital servers is a Netra 150 dating from 1997 - still going strong, crammed with 12 x 300 Gb disks and running Solaris 9.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet > > While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm > starting to think about it -- to be prepared (and an upgrade could be > triggered by a failure at

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-16 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andy thomas > > One of my most vital servers is a Netra 150 dating from 1997 - still going > strong, crammed with 12 x 300 Gb disks and running Solaris 9. I think one > ought to have more faith

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-15 Thread Brandon High
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Is there an upgrade path from (I think I'm running Solaris Express) to > something modern?  (That could be an Oracle distribution, or the free There *was* an upgrade path from snv_134 to snv_151a (Solaris 11 Express) but I don't know if

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-15 Thread andy thomas
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm starting to think about it -- to be prepared (and an upgrade could be triggered by a failure at this point; my server dates to 2006). One of my most vital servers is a Netra 15

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-15 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: version fits my needs for example.) Upgrading might perhaps save me from changing all the user passwords (half a dozen, not a huge problem) and software packages I've added. (uname -a says "SunOS fsfs 5.11 snv_134 i86pc i386 i86pc"). Or should I ju

Re: [zfs-discuss] Server upgrade

2012-02-15 Thread Enda O'Connor
On 15/02/2012 17:16, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: While I'm not in need of upgrading my server at an emergency level, I'm starting to think about it -- to be prepared (and an upgrade could be triggered by a failure at this point; my server dates to 2006). I'm actually more concerned with software th