On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original message----- > From: Gerry Weaver <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed 27-03-2013 03:29 > Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Anyone using OpenIndiana in production? > To: [email protected]; >> Hello All, >> >> I have been checking out OpenIndiana as a possible file server and KVM host. >> I >> have read in a couple of places that the OS is stable despite its development >> release status. Would anyone be so kind as to share their experiences using >> OpenIndiana in production? My testing so far shows it to be rock solid. >> >> BTW: Many thanks to those who are putting the hard work into this. I think it >> has a lot of potential. >> >> Thanks, >> Gerry > > Hi Gerry, > > > we are running a fileserver for NFS and Samba here with ~7TB of SAS disks > serving home directories for some 200 users on 151a7, no problems so far. > > Same for OI 151a7 as Virtualbox hos,t running a handfull of linux guest > servers. > > Most of the stuff is running on Supermicro hardware. > > > cu > > Carsten >
Sorry to ask this question but, why to install an operating system in a production environment which is not updated since October 6, 2012? The same applies to the package repository, which is discontinued from the same date. IMHO this is a risk, which is not to say that OI is not a robust operating system, IMO is a rock solid, but ... _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
