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Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

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Would this service be more expensive to cover the Solaris license required?

Wouldn't an IllumOS distro be compatible?

IllumOS distros use OpenZFS as well. Unless there is a new feature flag that has not been integrated yet, FreeBSD should be able to receive from them.

rsync is therefor most likely talking about commercial Solaris with zpool versions beyond 28.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

#14
post #6

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve. This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version. We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Offtopic: I recently found rsync.net and it is easily one of the worst landing pages I've ever experienced that wasn't due to advertising. It was so bad that I didn't bother to read any further about the service.

Seriously, who thought it would be a good idea to break the back button simply as a result of scrolling? As if though paginated scrolling wasn't bad enough on its own.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

#15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't an IllumOS distro be compatible?

IllumOS distros use OpenZFS as well. Unless there is a new feature flag that has not been integrated yet, FreeBSD should be able to receive from them. rsync is therefor most likely talking about commercial Solaris with zpool versions beyond 28.

Ah, I did not know that; I assumed IllumOS had the same ZFS as Solaris since they share a common ancestor and ZFS was in Solaris when it became OpenSolaris.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

#16
post #14
post #6

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve. This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version. We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Offtopic: I recently found rsync.net and it is easily one of the worst landing pages I've ever experienced that wasn't due to advertising. It was so bad that I didn't bother to read any further about the service. Seriously, who thought it would be a good idea to break the back button simply as a result of scrolling? As if though paginated scrolling wasn't bad enough on its own.

i went to that site after reading your comment thinking how bad it could be. You are right, that has to be one of the poorly designed website i've ever been to.

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

#18
post #14
post #6

UEFI support in bhyve suggests that we can now run a Solaris guest in a FreeBSD bhyve. This is a big deal for rsync.net, since our ZFS send/receive feature only works with other FreeBSD/FreeNAS/TrueNAS clients and not with Solaris clients that have a different ZFS version. We've been waiting a while for this and can't wait to offer ZFS send/receive to Solaris customers.

Offtopic: I recently found rsync.net and it is easily one of the worst landing pages I've ever experienced that wasn't due to advertising. It was so bad that I didn't bother to read any further about the service. Seriously, who thought it would be a good idea to break the back button simply as a result of scrolling? As if though paginated scrolling wasn't bad enough on its own.

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

We tried to do a nice, modern, enterprisey website that also worked on mobile and we failed. I am reverting a lot of it back to very simple "mother fucking website" design.

Again, sorry. We should have known better.

This should be useful, informative, and no scroll jumping javascript mumbo-jumbo:

http://www.rsync.net/products/zfsintro.html

Re: Bhyve now with graphics support

#19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't an IllumOS distro be compatible?

IllumOS distros use OpenZFS as well. Unless there is a new feature flag that has not been integrated yet, FreeBSD should be able to receive from them. rsync is therefor most likely talking about commercial Solaris with zpool versions beyond 28.

"rsync is therefor most likely talking about commercial Solaris with zpool versions beyond 28."

Yes, that is correct.

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