Sengor wrote:
> While on a VCS course on a Symantec site, I was told VxVM is planned
> to be open sourced some time in near future. In either case the cost
> is a large factor here, VxVM does not come cheap (unless you use VxSF
> Basic http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=sfbasic which
> is free).
>
> I see VxSF Basic being an immediate competitor to ZFS where the cost
> does not count as much.
>
> On 12/29/07, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> While you could have a wart-by-wart comparison, please remember that the
>> biggest difference is that ZFS is free ($) and open source, while SF is
>> costly
>> (sometimes very costly) and closed source. The warts are just minor, mostly
>> temporary, skin-deep issues.
>> -- richard
>>
>
>
>
VxSF Basic sounds like good cost competition, until you realize it is
limited to 4 data volumes and/or 4 filesystems and 2 or less CPU sockets.
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