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Package Caching on SmartOS
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Package Caching on SmartOS

If you use package management software commonly across two or more systems, network package caching may be of benefit to you.  In this article, we will setup a package caching solution to service multiple package management systems simultaneously. MethodologyWhile caching packages locally in the file system is already common practice

  • Brian Ewell
Brian Ewell Dec 31, 2021 • 19 min read
Branded (LX) Zones on SmartOS
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Branded (LX) Zones on SmartOS

One of the biggest historical weaknesses of SmartOS has been its inability to provide the Linux API/ABI directly to user space within a zone.  This is because the list of system calls are not only different between operating systems, but the way they are handled differs. This means that

  • Brian Ewell
Brian Ewell May 26, 2015 • 2 min read
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