OpenSolaris Part 1
RAID Recovery - OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris is a free open-source operating system designed for desktops, laptops, servers and data centers. It is based on Sun Microsystems’ Solaris, a version of SVR4 UNIX. It is the only open source SVR4 derivative available today. Open Solaris is developed and maintained by an open community working in different projects and is licensed under common development and distribution license (CDDL).
OpenSolaris source code functions as the basis for future versions of Solaris OS, other operating system projects, and third-party products. Sun Microsystems has announced that future versions of its commercial Solaris operating system will be based on OpenSolaris technology.
The latest release of OpenSolaris is OpenSolaris 2008.11, released in December 2008. This software can be booted as a Live CD or installed directly. An important feature of this release includes a graphical user interface (GUI) for snapshotting capabilities.
Distribution projects on OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris has a number of distribution projects controlled by their respective project teams. OpenSolaris OS is a community-developed binary distribution based on the OpenSolaris source code. It runs on Intel and AMD processors on the server and desktop.
Other major community distributions on OpenSolaris are the following:
- BeleniX: A *NIX distribution being used as a LiveCD distribution.
- Jaris: Jaris, aka Japanese Solaris, boots from LiveDVD and LiveUSB. Several Microsoft Windows –based applications run under this application.
- MarTux: This is the first non-SXCR OpenSolaris distribution available for SPARC, and is bootable from Live CD/DVD.
- NexentaOS: A GNU-based open source operating system built on the top of OpenSolaris kernel and runtime. It integrates OpenSolaris and open source software (OSS) applications.
- NexentaStor: Based on Nexenta, NexentaStor is optimized for storage workloads.
- OpenSolaris 2008.05: Includes a network-based package management system (IPS), the GNOME desktop, and LiveCD technology supported on AMD64, Pentium, and Xeon EM64T platforms.
