>I see no difference in support from Veritas for Solaris or
Linux. My opinion, of course.
I disagree. New features have typically been released on
Solaris first with Linux to follow. For example, doing Windows Flash Backups
was initially supported on a Windows master server, then a Solaris master
server, and then eventually a Linux master. In terms of FlashBackup clients,
Linux doesn't support this option until NBU 6.5. Ditto with Linux ACL
support – that's 6.5 as well. We're doing FlashBackups on
Solaris today but have to wait until we upgrade to 6.5 before our Linux clients
can catch up. Even then, only ext3 support is there – not even VxFS on
Linux!
If you're going to live on the leading edge, then Solaris is
certainly a better choice than Linux.
That said, we have a Solaris master and a Linux master. The Linux
master is in a remote office and is running on an Intel platform where Sun wasn't
a politically acceptable choice. It has not yet caused us any grief but the
environment is small enough that just about anything would work.
FWIW, we've seen similar cases with Veritas VVR support –
it's *much* better on Solaris than Linux.
Solaris, at least for a while, will continue to be the enterprise
platform of choice for the majority of customers. I expect this to change over
time. I'm a Red Hat Certified Engineer so don't put me in the
Linux hater camp.
…/Ed
