I'm forwarding this message to the storage discussion group (per Nigel Smith) so we can discuss it further here...
Thanks! On Dec 14, 2007 3:25 PM, Nigel Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John > Can yoy post your replies (includeing this one) back to: > [email protected] > ..and then I will post may reply back there. > That way the information can be shared with > the storage community. > Thanks > Nigel > > ======================================== > Message Received: Dec 14 2007, 02:31 AM > From: "John Klimek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Nigel Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] How can I install the CIFS service to a "Core > > Thanks for the reply! > > What is the performance difference between Solaris Express - CIFS and > Solaris 10 using Samba? > > I'm planning to use a regular hard drive with UFS for booting, and > then 3x 400GB SATA drives for ZFS using RAID-Z for my actually > networked storage. > > The controller card is a Silicon Imaging 3114 which apparantly works > if you flash the firmware to remove it's onboard RAID capability. > The ethernet card will be a Linksys EG1032 (Realtek 8169 chipset I > think?) which apparantly has custom-written drivers for Solaris > > On Dec 13, 2007 9:17 PM, Nigel Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want something stable, I think you are best keeping > > with Solaris 10 and Samba. > > > > I have some links on using Solaris & Samba here: > > http://del.icio.us/nwsmith/samba > > > > CIFS server is very new & will still have some bugs. > > And it is specific to OpenSolaris, > > where as Samba will run many unix-like systems. > > > > If I was you, I would just install the full Solaris > > system. Package management on Solaris 10 > > is not as good as Linux, from the point of view > > of resolving dependencies and downloading > > updates from the web. > > > > How are you planning to configure the disks in your proposed > > servers? > > Solaris normally boots from a UFS file system. > > You can boot from ZFS, but only if it is a mirror, > > and I'm not sure how easy that is to setup with Solaris 10. > > And you cannot boot from Raidz. > > > > What sort of controller card are you using for the disk? > > What sort of Ethernet card? > > Make sure Solaris device drivers are available for these. > > Thanks > > Nigel Smith > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > storage-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
