SolarisillumosFamilie

SolarisillumosFamilie is a term used to describe the family of Unix-like operating systems rooted in Solaris and its open-source continuation OpenSolaris, including Oracle Solaris and Illumos-based distributions. The family emphasizes enterprise-grade features, scalability, and advanced file systems and tooling.

Solaris was developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s as a commercial Unix built on System V Release 4 and BSD-influenced code. After Oracle's acquisition of Sun in 2010, Oracle Solaris continued as the vendor's supported releases, while OpenSolaris was discontinued in 2010. In the wake of OpenSolaris' end, the Illumos project emerged as a community-driven fork, serving as the upstream source for several Illumos-based distributions.

Key features include the ZFS file system, DTrace dynamic tracing, and the Service Management Facility (SMF) for lifecycle management. The technology also includes Solaris Zones/containers for lightweight virtualization and strong kernel and driver support across architectures, notably SPARC and x86-64 (with Illumos-based distributions focusing on x86-64 in practice).

Prominent members of the SolarisillumosFamilie include Oracle Solaris, as the commercial continuation; OpenIndiana, a community-driven Illumos-derived desktop/server OS; OmniOS and SmartOS, lightweight or cloud-oriented Illumos flavors; with additional community projects and smaller distributions contributing to the ecosystem.

The SolarisillumosFamilie is distinct from Linux, sharing UNIX heritage and features such as ZFS and DTrace, while differing in licensing and governance. The open Illumos lineage remains active in various distributions, particularly for servers, storage appliances, and cloud deployments, though Oracle Solaris remains preferred in some enterprise contexts.