Opensolaris uses a networkbased package management system image packaging system pkg5, which could add, remove, and manage installed software. That tells you that indeed, opensolaris iswas very close to plain solaris. The iscsi target support project was the most relevant to me. The solaris 9 and 10 os releases provide a new installation function called flash installation. It is the only version of the system v variant of unix available as open source. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. A solaris administrator looks at opensolaris osnews. This is not an invitation for which linux distribution is better posts. Nov 07, 2008 opensolaris development efforts are led by sun engineers, and improvements do make their way back into solaris itself. Currently, the 64bit build of sage needs various patches, and is rather unstable. This is where the open source version comes into play. Solaris internals, second edition, describes the algorithms and data structures of all the major subsystems in the solaris 10 and opensolaris kernels. Solaris changed their os upgrade method, and you no longer install individual patches. If you are running the solaris 8, 9, or 10 os, for more information about patch policy changes, see sun software update patch access.
Opensolaris is the os from what the next solaris release will be built. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Sep 21, 2004 i thought id look at some of the quotes and respond, as a solaris kernel developer, and explain what opensolaris really means and why were doing it. The fact its source code hasnt been released prevents freebsd, illumos, fuse or native linux and other oses with zfs implementation based on opensolaris build 147 or older to be on par. Especially since solaris cluster is free and is now in the process of being open sourced. Oracle solaris built in virtualization provides a highly efficient and scalable solution that sits at the core of the platform. Let me be probably not the first to say that opensolaris. In the future, when you see s10u1 solaris 10 update 1, think of these as service pack releases that add new features and fix bugs for the main solaris 10 distribution. Dell will test, certify, and optimize solaris and opensolaris on its rack and. Some people have been speculating rather wildly about the fates of both opensolaris and oracles linux support now that the company is lining up solidly. If vendor support isnt an issue then you may want to use opensolaris instead of solaris 10.
Solaris 10 vs centos 5 or any linux distribution ive tried many of the linux distributions, and have settled on centos 5 as my linux distribution of choice. Im trying to adapt some scripts that run under solaris 5. To casual observers, it became clear that big bang approach to oss was becoming obsolete. Linux kernel benchmarks earlier this week we delivered benchmarks of ubuntu 9. It is both a supported os latest stable release 2009. Yes, you can patch any solaris 10 release with solaris 10 patches. Nov 24, 2008 over the past few weeks we have been providing several indepth articles looking at the performance of ubuntu linux. If you have spare nics, you can give the zone a whole nic and its own network stack by using exclusiveip. Opensolaris for ibm system z october 2008 tech update. Solaris i have been using solaris 10 since it was in beta, and opensolaris through me for a couple of loops first are some of the cool things i liked. Jul 17, 2009 if you have recently come into possession of a laptop onto which to load solaris then here are my top tips. Solaris 10 10 08 also includes virtualization enhancements including the ability for a solaris container to automatically update its environment when moved from one system to another, logical domains support for dynamically reconfigurable disk and network io, and paravirtualization support when solaris 10 is used as a guest os in xenbased. But now i am thinking i made a mistake, and i would much rather be with the open source community, where new development is happening. Patchesbugfixes we have independently developed, including security fixes.
Ashmash writes after their mac os x versus ubuntu benchmarks earlier this month, has now carried out a performance comparison between ubuntu 8. For example, if your current os is the solaris 9 release and you want to upgrade to the oracle solaris 10 811 release, you need to install the live upgrade packages from the oracle solaris 10 811 release. Community development took off, and very quickly we had iscsi target support in solaris 10, update 4. Solaris 11 express provides a convenient way to install, update and patch programs in the form of ips, which was not present in solaris 10.
In the opensolaris desktop, doubleclick the install opensolaris icon to begin the os installation. With solaris 10, patching the global zone will install the patches on all zones by default, unless the affected package isnt installed on the target zone or you explicitly ask to install the patch on the global zone only g. It is much easier to upgrade to solaris 11 from opensolaris too. There is a huge amount of work in sun to ensure that programs written using publicly exposed interfaces are compatible. We have over 50 luns carved from an hp eva 8100 and presented to these x4600s, on 4x 4gb hbas per. Chapter 21 managing solaris patches by using the patchadd. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Opensolaris was developed as a combination of several software consolidations that were open sourced subsequent to solaris 10. Under solaris and opensolaris, zones can be given an lx brand for creating linux zones. Solaris 10 includes suns java desktop system jds, which is based on. The problem with solaris 11 express is that the path to solaris 11 is not clear, although it shouldnt be hard since both will be based on ips. Difference between opensolaris vs solaris 10 extreme. I am learning solaris, with solaris 10 x86, and one of the chapters in the manual is about patching.
Solaris 10 is an officially supported sun distribution. The release of the live upgrade packages must match the release of the os you are upgrading to. Then why are you specifically complaining about opensolaris2008. The interface, it is updated and seemed a lot faster. Alasdair lumsden owns a hosting company in london called everycity managed hosting, and his customers are deployed on solaris 10. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration. As compared to solaris 10, solaris 11former opensolaris has improvement on its network stack, it can make virtualnics, using dladm. Our plan is to continue offering opensolaris releases on roughly the cadence you see now 6 months, and provide a longerterm stable release for enterprises branded as solaris but using the same technology base. Difference between solaris 10 and solaris 11 compare the. Oracle solaris 11 oracle technology network oracle. The script displays the version numbers so field personnel can make sure that they have the correct os version. Opensolaris development efforts are led by sun engineers, and improvements do make their way back into solaris itself. The text has been extensively revised since the first edition, with more than 600 pages of new material. Its author comes to many conclusions, among which this is one of the more interesting.
Apr 26, 2010 the solaris 9 and 10 os releases provide a new installation function called flash installation. Among them are all multithreading applications and most open source databases. Plus i have a free license for solaris 11, so licensing patches are not a concern for me. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria that is, patches which address security or other critical issues. Difference between opensolaris vs solaris 10 linux, bsd, alternative oss. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Generally doing a haclustering system is probably the way most recommended. Kernel modules written for solaris should function in opensolaris following a simple recompile providing you are using the exposed kernel apis that are compatible between the releases that you are using in solaris and opensolaris. The distribution is a point of integration for several current projects on, including those to make the installation experience easier, to modernise the look and feel of opensolaris on the desktop, and to introduce a networkbased package management system into solaris. With flash installation, you can create a single reference installation of the solaris os on one system, called the master system. Solaris 10 1008 also includes virtualization enhancements including the ability for a solaris container to automatically update its environment when moved from one system to another, logical domains support for dynamically reconfigurable disk and network io, and paravirtualization support when solaris 10 is used as a guest os in xenbased. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways.
It was based on solaris, which was originally released by sun in 1991. Solaris also significantly improves the security of open source continue reading comparison. Depending upon your system usage, one operating system may appear more favorable, like. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu patchsets, recommended os pa. Allinall solaris is a powerful, stable, conformanttostandards os that can run many open source applications as well as linux, and. First, there is the obligatory comment about linux vs. Solaris 11 express provides a expedient way to install, update and patch programs in the form of ips, which was not present in solaris 10. This is a free download, sun release binary patches, updates, etc.
Oracle solaris provides a flexible, cost efficient, cloudready solution perfect for your data center. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. Solaris 11 express build 151a, which is, along with notable licensing changes, the new name of opensolaris has the latest zfs implementation available. John loiacono explained some of the reasons why were investing in solaris rather than jumping on the linux bandwagon. Logged into my solaris server in ssh and tried patchadd 19689293 and it just says it cannot find the patch. Jun 27, 2019 solaris 11 express provides a expedient way to install, update and patch programs in the form of ips, which was not present in solaris 10. Sun propriety solaris 10 and open source opensolaris. Red hat enterprise linux 4 performed better on massive storage io than solaris 10.
In the welcome screen, click next to begin the installation. Because it would be a great exercise to patch my installation of solaris. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. It began as a fork of the former opensolaris operating system. Solaris 10 branded zones can also be run under opensolaris. Oracle solaris 10 and oracle solaris 11 express are operating. May 24, 2007 generally doing a haclustering system is probably the way most recommended. So can i download free patches from the sun page, i mean with out paying a license. I thought id look at some of the quotes and respond, as a solaris kernel developer, and explain what opensolaris really means and why were doing it. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. The kde on solaris project, also kde on opensolaris, was active from around the.
The next solaris product will be based on the opensolaris product you can use today. Oracle sells a nas based on solaris zfs that is also amazing, and there are a couple third parties that do something similar with the various open source versions of opensolaris. One downside is most consumer storage controllers wont have drivers, but if you have an lsi card of any kind itll work. Difference between solaris 10 and solaris 11 difference wiki. Over the past few weeks we have been providing several indepth articles looking at the performance of ubuntu linux. If you have recently come into possession of a laptop onto which to load solaris then here are my top tips. Solaris operating system wikipedia republished wiki 2. Patch management involves applying solaris patches and software updates to.
Oct, 2008 let me be probably not the first to say that opensolaris. Linux kernel benchmarks and similar articles looking at the performance of suns opensolaris up against popular linux distributions. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Oracle solaris patch update oracle content marketing. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. The primary target audience for opensolaris currently is developers and the. Opensolaris is not yet part of the commercial support regimen from sun or ibm support. I tested solaris 10 and red hat enterprise linux 4 64bit on the exact same hardware x4600, and you know what. Opensolaris from a linux admin and user perspective slashdot. The distribution is a point of integration for several current projects on opensolaris. How to find the oracle solaris critical patch update cpu.