Economies of Scale, Solaris and Linux.
I've just been reading an interesting post by Jonathan Schwartz on Economies of Scale and utilisation of data centres. I think Solaris is going to continue being an interesting player in the future (and I can't wait to see OpenSolaris) and seems to have a dynamism about them at the moment. Amongst the comments about partitioning Solaris I was reminded of some of the cool stuff you can do with user mode Linux. Solaris is definitely a rising star but Sun can't rest on their laurels if they want to out innovate Linux.
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I get no sense Sun is resting. And S10 is totally cool...
UML is a toy compared to Solaris10's Grid Containers (aka: Zones). Simple test, would you run Oracle10g on UML? Would you run ANY production database on UML? No. Not on your life. Zones are already hosting production database servers with massive transaction loads today, thats not something you trust to UML. UML was designed for kernel testing, and it does that very well, but it just doesn't compete in any way, shape, or form with Solaris10's Zones. If you are interested in a more worthy Linux contender I'd suggest looking at Linux VServers, a project that frankly gets no respect, and they deserve it. VServers isn't as robust and solid as Zones, but VServers are what most people actually want when they go reaching for UML.
benr.
Thanks for the heads up on VServers The site looks interesting so I'm going to have to check it out a bit more. I certainly think Solaris is more polished in a lot of things than Linux but then its not always the best technology that "wins". However I see a bright future for Sun and Solaris, I really like the strategic direction they are taking.
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