I just recently started learning about SmartOS - an Illumos-based OS which focuses on hosting virtual machines via Zones and also KVM. I'm sure there are some shortcomings, but it seems the idea of having the 'hypervisor' itself host the ZFS pool is a major advantage over the clever but complex method of using ESXi as the hypervisor with virtualized ZFS NAS providing storage for the other VMs.
I bet SmartOS would benefit from a Napp-It style web gui. Are you interested in this, Gea? What are your thoughts? Is there a way that makes sense to combine SmartOS and OmniOS with Napp-it?
I would kind of like to dump ESXi though I have to admit is has been good to me (and for free no less!).
I'll be doing some more YouTube watching of SmartOS presentations and may answer some of my own questions here, and I'll report back, but I wanted to open up the topic.
I bet SmartOS would benefit from a Napp-It style web gui. Are you interested in this, Gea? What are your thoughts? Is there a way that makes sense to combine SmartOS and OmniOS with Napp-it?
I would kind of like to dump ESXi though I have to admit is has been good to me (and for free no less!).
I'll be doing some more YouTube watching of SmartOS presentations and may answer some of my own questions here, and I'll report back, but I wanted to open up the topic.