On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 04:22:45PM -0800, Vincent Fox wrote: > Bron Gondwana wrote: > > (Linux comments) > > 'Twas not my intent to start a this-OS versus that-OS comparison. > Valid though that is, it's a different thread. > > Like most sites, we have various OS in operation here, it just > happens that the Cyrus backends are Solaris. The test project > here started with spare Sun hardware after all. And you know > after working with ZFS for a while, dealing with fsck on a large > mail volume is something I'm very glad to leave behind. Oh yeah - I'll be glad when that's gone as well. That's the biggest downside to using Linux - and if I had the time and resources I'd be tempted to try a couple of Solaris-on-Intel installs on a couple of machines and see if it was workable. I know some people are quite happy on FreeBSD as well - Cyrus really is quite portable C. (I think John Capo uses FreeBSD?) Still, after using Linux (especially Debian) package management and userland, maintaing a Solaris machine really does feel like a step back into the dark ages in some respects. Having thousands of well packaged applications at your fingertips is pretty handy, and it's all well integrated. I do have one ZFS machine, and I don't use it to anywhere near its capabilities - it's just backups. Bron ( advocacy 'r' us! ) ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
