nexenta

[roamer]

Hello,

has anybody tested Nexenta?

I found some older pots about Nexenta here in the board, but
it seems that nobody has collected real experience or at least didn't share them

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Nexenta combines the OpenSolaris kernel with the Ubuntu userland.
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The OpenSolaris distribution with the most number of packages (>13000)
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It's a powerful, versatile server system based on ZFS.

http://www.nexenta.org/os

 

[Gidi]

Roamer,

I tried both, NexentaStor and NexentaCore and liked them.

NexentaStor is good to manage for a non L*x system and free up to 1 TB storage. It has a good webinterface and cli.
The free size limit was the reason why I didnt use it further because its too expensive for my usage. If it fits below 1TB for you and you have enough CPU/Memory power then Its something to recommend.

NexentaCore is OpenSolaris with the APT (Debian) package system. I've run it for some time and will keep it on a testsystem for further testing cause its smaller than a standard OSOL.

Then there is Andre's EON which is also something to keep a eye on it.