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    Wondering what you guys think.
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    Who has actually used solaris?
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    • #3
      I have, but I don't like it. It's great if you've got an eternity to set it up, and never want to touch it again.
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      • #4
        Solaris is by far the WORST Unix OS out there. Plus Suns hardware is junk too. We've got TONS of Solaris crap at work, and even our Sun admins/techs hate it. AIX kicks its ass.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Fluff
          Who has actually used solaris?
          We have it at work. It's pretty solid either way.

          All operations are also copy-on-write. Live data is never overwritten. ZFS writes data to a new block before changing the data pointers and committing the write.
          That's awesome, and LONG overdue.
          Last edited by Kooldino; 19 September 2004, 20:18.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Kooldino

            That's awesome, and LONG overdue.
            What do you mean long overdue? ZFS certainly isn't the first file system to do this. Operating systems have had this for years.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Fluff
              Who has actually used solaris?
              My school's CS department uses Solaris. All I do is ssh into them and check my email though.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by Wombat
                What do you mean long overdue? ZFS certainly isn't the first file system to do this. Operating systems have had this for years.
                Well, even as of a few years ago, I've lost data during a disk fail in the middle of a move. Since then I copy the data and then delete.

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                • #9
                  I've setup Solaris on a few low-end Ultras, and attempted to do it on x86, but gave up once I got the SPARC boxes.

                  As for using it as a workstation, I don't, that's what Win2k/x86 is for

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                  • #10
                    Blah blah blah nick blah blah confusion, blah blah blah blah frog.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Pace
                      I've setup Solaris on a few low-end Ultras, and attempted to do it on x86, but gave up once I got the SPARC boxes.

                      As for using it as a workstation, I don't, that's what Win2k/x86 is for

                      (enter Linux bunnies...)
                      Solaris x86 was poor last I tried it (3 years back)

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