OmniOS is an illumos based server operating system with ZFS, Bhyve, DTrace, Crossbow, SMF and Linux zone support.
Features include:
- ZFS, OmniOS’ native file-system, combines a volume manager and file-system with strong data-integrity protection. Easily share volumes via iSCSI, CIFS and NFS.
- Run lightweight OmniOS or Linux virtual machines in containers without the overhead of a traditional hypervisor and with full resource control.
- Provides full hardware virtualisation via bhyve and KVM for running guests such as FreeBSD and many others.
- Virtualise your network infrastructure through Crossbow virtual interfaces and switches and even allocate dedicated resources for specific services.
- DTrace provides a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework to aid troubleshooting across the whole software stack. Always available, instrument anything on demand.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | - |
| Init Software: | other |
| Package Management: | |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | omnios.org |
| Developer: | OmniOSce |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |