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OpenSolaris :: Long term deployments

Dec 16, 2008 In OpenSolaris, Solaris

I have no problems using OpenSolaris for my storage systems. Upgrading them to a new release every 6 months is no big deal no matter what sort of pain is involved.

However I am thinking about a deploying OpenSolaris for mail use. My questions are:

  1. There is now a release repository, is upgrading from one release to another using IPS painful? I have yet to attempt it.
  2. What sort of issues will I run into attempting this?
  3. I see some people have been successful at running com suite on OpenSolaris, should I attempt this? Or would this be an exercise in futility.
  4. Will we ever see the Suns Enterprise software in the /extra repository?

Thanks in advance for any responses.

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