[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana vs FreeBSD

[rmd]

Hi folks,

just my two cents…
Since I came from the solaris world I do feel more comfortable with OpenIndiana
then FreeBSD, but FreeBSD evolved great as it supports not only ZFS but also
bootenvironments which are quite comfortable for upgrades and changes. 
On desktopsystems I use OpenIndiana because of OS stability and network 
flexibility and performance, firefox versions is a show stopper. 
On backend systems it dpends a bit, OpenIndiana is great because of ZFS, network
and zones. Multicoresupport seems to run better on OpenIndiana than on FreeBSD
FreeBSD is fast and seems to be more memory efficient, has a newer firefox and
supports ZFS and BEs, but jails are not that comfortable as zones. So FreeBSD 
as fileserver only in small office environments etc.

In the desktop area, the OpenIndiana standarddesktop slows down performance
and usability, so I simply deconfigure that use a diffrent non gnomish windowmanager

On notebooks and sysems networked via wlan I do prefer FreeBSD because wlan
configuration on OpenIndiana using WPA-PSK2 doesn’t work, at least for me.
 
Rolf

> On Jul 15, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Adams
> <t12nslookup at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In my production systems, I used a combination of lots of OSs.
> 
> I used OI for it's zones and networking. I used Linux for virtual box, web
> services and open VPN. I used freeNAS for file serving.
> 
> These roles and usages changed over time, as I also used to use OI as my
> web gateways, and for my static VPN, but with the layoffs and reduction in
> sites and people, I had to simplify.
> 
> Don't underestimate how good the networking in OI is, it's a killer feature.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, 08:10 Guenther Alka, <alka at hfg-gmuend.de> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Both are Unix Options and both have unique use cases.
>> Since around a year Open-ZFS in Illumos includes newest ZFS features
>> like encryption and special vdevs while they are at first beta in
>> Free-BSD but soon Free-BSD should include them as well.
>> 
>> For me the main advantage of Illumos are the Solaris inherited features.
>> This is mainly the "this is a whole storage operating system without 3rd
>> party services, evetything included from Sun made by Sun". Even a very
>> minimalistic Illumos distribution comes with the kernel based SMB server
>> that I always prefer over SAMBA due its often better performance and
>> better Windows ntfs alike features due nfs4 ACL support (ntfs alike)
>> with Windows sid as extended ZFS features (Windows AD ACL remain intact
>> if you move a pool), local SMB groups that are Windows compatible (Unix
>> groups are not), always working ZFS snaps as Windows previous versions
>> and mainly its simlicity. Turn it on and it just works. Add NFS from the
>> inventor of NFS and FC/iSCSI support with the enterprise class Comstar
>> stack or virtual networking.
>> 
>> Sun build the OpenSolaris OS more or less around ZFS so ZFS integration
>> is simply the best. Illumos inherited this. While OmniOS/Illumos is the
>> production ready storage server option with stable, long term stable and
>> a commercial support option, OpenIndiana/Illumos is the successor of the
>> OpenSolaris idea of an OS with additional GUI desktop or management
>> options and a lot of services and more or less pure ongoing Illumos.
>> 
>> gea
>> @napp-it.org
>> 
>> 
>> Am 15.07.2020 um 03:20 schrieb Lonnie Cumberland:
>>> Greetings All,
>>> 
>>> Hope that everyone one is well today.
>>> 
>>> Although I am assuming that this may not be the best place to ask this
>>> question, I am wondering if there is an advantage of Openindiana (Illumos
>>> based) or perhaps OmniOS over FreeBSD, or perhaps the other way around.
>>> 
>>> I am going to move from Linux to either OpenIndian or FreeBSD and seem to
>>> be caught in the middle as both seem to have almost the same features
>> with
>>> exception that FreeBSD may have more support streams over OpenIndiana
>>> although this could change as time goes on.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps the only real advantage that I might be able to see is that
>> FreeBSD
>>> has more hardware support, but that may not be the defining factor for
>> me.
>>> 
>>> I am looking for that little gem in the rough, as it were, and do not
>>> always believe that mainstream is the only stream that can yield a bright
>>> future.
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> Lonnie
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