Comments on: Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2 http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: thinking sysadmin » Blog Archive » OpenSolaris and EC2: Control Issues, Anyone? http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-881425 thinking sysadmin » Blog Archive » OpenSolaris and EC2: Control Issues, Anyone? Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:58:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-881425 [...] officially bundling OpenSolaris for EC2 was great news. Unfortunately, it seems that after all the hullabaloo, Sun doesn’t really want to make it that easy for you to actually use OpenSolaris on EC2, by [...] [...] officially bundling OpenSolaris for EC2 was great news. Unfortunately, it seems that after all the hullabaloo, Sun doesn’t really want to make it that easy for you to actually use OpenSolaris on EC2, by [...]

]]> By: Peat http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-878416 Peat Thu, 15 May 2008 00:08:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-878416 I've been testing OpenSolaris on EC2 -- it's a mixed bag so far, but not out of line with what can be expected in a beta program. The team at Sun has been very responsive to my inquiries, and I think their fundamentals are sound, so I'm optimistic about the future. http://peat.org/2008/05/14/opensolaris-on-amazon-ec2-review/ I’ve been testing OpenSolaris on EC2 — it’s a mixed bag so far, but not out of line with what can be expected in a beta program. The team at Sun has been very responsive to my inquiries, and I think their fundamentals are sound, so I’m optimistic about the future.

http://peat.org/2008/05/14/opensolaris-on-amazon-ec2-review/

]]> By: Daily del.icio.us for May 4th through May 7th — Vinny Carpenter’s blog http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-877332 Daily del.icio.us for May 4th through May 7th — Vinny Carpenter’s blog Thu, 08 May 2008 01:01:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-877332 [...] Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2 - GigaOM - Sun’s OpenSolaris OS will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) customers for free. It is in beta for now. Sun will provide premium technical support for MySQL database running on Linux and Amazon EC2. [...] [...] Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2 - GigaOM - Sun’s OpenSolaris OS will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) customers for free. It is in beta for now. Sun will provide premium technical support for MySQL database running on Linux and Amazon EC2. [...]

]]> By: Open Solaris takes up residence in Amazon’s cloud | http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-876997 Open Solaris takes up residence in Amazon’s cloud | Tue, 06 May 2008 00:06:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-876997 [...] These developments are meant to address the needs and complaints of the developer community. OpenSolaris, which comes with tools such as ZFS and Dynamic Tracing (D-Trace), will be offered for free, in contrast to some Linux offerings that cost money. For instance, if you sign up for EC2 and pick RedHat, it costs $19. ZFS allows instant rollback and continual check-summing capabilities, something developers have found lacking in the EC2 platform. This OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2 beta is currently available by invitation only. Some software vendors, including GigaSpaces, Rightscale, Thoughtworks and Zmanda, are already offering their solutions via Amazon Machine.(GigaOm) [...] [...] These developments are meant to address the needs and complaints of the developer community. OpenSolaris, which comes with tools such as ZFS and Dynamic Tracing (D-Trace), will be offered for free, in contrast to some Linux offerings that cost money. For instance, if you sign up for EC2 and pick RedHat, it costs $19. ZFS allows instant rollback and continual check-summing capabilities, something developers have found lacking in the EC2 platform. This OpenSolaris on Amazon EC2 beta is currently available by invitation only. Some software vendors, including GigaSpaces, Rightscale, Thoughtworks and Zmanda, are already offering their solutions via Amazon Machine.(GigaOm) [...]

]]> By: Sun and Amazon jump into the pool together : business|bytes|genes|molecules http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-876968 Sun and Amazon jump into the pool together : business|bytes|genes|molecules Mon, 05 May 2008 19:34:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-876968 [...] Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2 [via Zemanta] [...] [...] Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2 [via Zemanta] [...]

]]> By: Sun Sees Amazon Changes the Game Even for Hardware Vendors « SmoothSpan Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-876932 Sun Sees Amazon Changes the Game Even for Hardware Vendors « SmoothSpan Blog Mon, 05 May 2008 15:07:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-876932 [...] by smoothspan on May 5, 2008 The announcement that Sun has partnered with Amazon to make Open Solaris available on Amazon Web Services is fascinating.  It’s free, so Sun sees [...] [...] by smoothspan on May 5, 2008 The announcement that Sun has partnered with Amazon to make Open Solaris available on Amazon Web Services is fascinating.  It’s free, so Sun sees [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-876931 Jeffrey Mon, 05 May 2008 15:03:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-876931 They've been porting Solaris to commodity hardware for years now. Om, it's worth noting that using other Linux distributions like Ubuntu on EC2 costs $0. They’ve been porting Solaris to commodity hardware for years now.

Om, it’s worth noting that using other Linux distributions like Ubuntu on EC2 costs $0.

]]> By: Garrick Meinhart http://gigaom.com/2008/05/05/amazon-opensolaris-on-ec2/#comment-876926 Garrick Meinhart Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=13320#comment-876926 I thought Solaris only ran on Sun hardware. What just happened here? How does IBM respond? I thought Solaris only ran on Sun hardware. What just happened here? How does IBM respond?

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