LordAlexander's Journal: OpenSolaris

I finally got around to installing OpenSolaris b27 on my work laptop. Played a bit with ZFS, and damn, it's cool:

ajacocks@spud[~]$ sudo umount /export
ajacocks@spud[~]$ sudo zpool create -f export c0d0s6
ajacocks@spud[~]$ sudo zfs create export/home
ajacocks@spud[~]$ sudo zfs create export/home/ajacocks
ajacocks@spud[~]$ df -F zfs -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
export 20G 29K 20G 1% /export
export/home 20G 8K 20G 1% /export/home
export/home/ajacocks 20G 34M 20G 1% /export/home/ajacocks

All set, with the ability to set separate quotas, and rearrange in any way I see fit. Easy to deal with any number of user home directories, too. :)

I love seeing Sun start to innovate again. It's been a good long while since Sun backers like me have had anything to crow about. With Sun's recent success with x86-64 servers, and with the open-sourcing of Solaris, JDS, and a bunch of other things, it's a really upbeat time. Recently, AGP GART, Cardbus, and 802.11 support have been added to Solaris x86...who knows, Solaris x86 might actually become a viable solution. :)