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Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or
From:       Steven Acres <admin () swatteksystems ! com>
Date:       2010-11-21 7:31:44
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On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Edward Ned Harvey <shill@nedharvey.com>wrote:

> > From: opensolaris-discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris-
> > discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of carlopmart
> >
> >   First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS
> solution on my
> > home server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services
> > between two ESXi hosts.
> >
> >   In terms of performance, license and (free) support which can be the
> best
> > option:
> > NexentaStor CE or Solaris 11 Express??
>
> Well, if you care about the license, sol11exp is not free for that purpose.
> It's only free for development and demo purposes.
>
> If you want free support ...  I don't know ... does nexenta do that?  If
> so,
> it's clearly your best option.   Solaris & sol11exp don't have free
> support.
> Openindiana will ... but it's so darn fresh and experimental right now, I
> would personally suggest waiting for things to stabilize more before
> trusting it.  FreeBSD has a really old version of ZFS.  So if nexenta fits
> all your requirements, it sounds good.
>
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This link:
http://www.nexenta.com/corp/?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=119
covers your usecase. HTH.

-- 
Cheers,

Steven
-----------------------
Steven Acres
Toronto OpenSolaris User Group <TOROSUG>
Leader
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Edward Ned Harvey \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:shill@nedharvey.com">shill@nedharvey.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> &gt; From: <a \
href="mailto:opensolaris-discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org">opensolaris-discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org</a> \
[mailto:<a href="mailto:opensolaris-">opensolaris-</a><br> &gt; <a \
href="mailto:discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org">discuss-bounces@opensolaris.org</a>] On \
Behalf Of carlopmart<br> <div class="im">&gt;<br>
&gt;   First of all, sorry for the off-topic. I would like to use a ZFS<br>
solution on my<br>
&gt; home server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services<br>
&gt; between two ESXi hosts.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;   In terms of performance, license and (free) support which can be the<br>
best<br>
&gt; option:<br>
&gt; NexentaStor CE or Solaris 11 Express??<br>
<br>
</div>Well, if you care about the license, sol11exp is not free for that purpose.<br>
It&#39;s only free for development and demo purposes.<br>
<br>
If you want free support ...  I don&#39;t know ... does nexenta do that?  If so,<br>
it&#39;s clearly your best option.   Solaris &amp; sol11exp don&#39;t have free \
support.<br> Openindiana will ... but it&#39;s so darn fresh and experimental right \
now, I<br> would personally suggest waiting for things to stabilize more before<br>
trusting it.  FreeBSD has a really old version of ZFS.  So if nexenta fits<br>
all your requirements, it sounds good.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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 </div></div></blockquote></div><br>This link: <a \
href="http://www.nexenta.com/corp/?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=159&amp;Ite \
mid=119">http://www.nexenta.com/corp/?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=159&amp;Itemid=119</a><br>
 covers your usecase. HTH.<br clear="all"><br>-- \
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Steven<br>-----------------------<br>Steven Acres<br>Toronto \
OpenSolaris User Group &lt;TOROSUG&gt;<br>Leader<br><a \
href="http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug">http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug</a><br>
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