[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS with Dedupication for NFS server

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 04/22/11 07:43 AM, Gary Driggs wrote:
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 5:22 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>> Even in solaris 11 express, which has a significantly newer version, dedup
>> isn't considered production worthy.  So I would advise you to live without
>> it for now.
> 
> Then what do you suppose is Oracle using for dedup in their ZFS based unified storage appliances? I can't imagine they just don't have dedup...

While I'm fairly sure Oracle disagrees with Mr. Harvey's claim that it's
not considered production worthy, the storage appliances aren't using
Solaris 11 Express - their OS comes off the same "Nevada" train, but
their latest release is a newer build than 2010.11, and they of course
also get bug fixes under support contracts.   (Solaris 11 Express 2010.11
bug fixes are only available if you buy a support contract, not under
the free development/evaluation license.)

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