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large sites running &os;
- &os; is used as a platform for devices and products from
- many of the world's largest IT companies, including:
+ &os;'s advanced features, proven security, and predictable
+ release cycle, as well as its permissive license have lead to
+ its use as a platform for building many commericial and open
+ source appliances, devices, and products, including those from
+ many of the world's largest IT companies:
- Apple
- Apple
+ Apache
+ Apache - The
+ Apache Software Foundation runs most of its public
+ facing infrastructure, including one of the largest SVN
+ repositories in the world with over 1.4 million commits,
+ on &os;.
+ Apple
+ Apple - OS X
+ borrows heavily from &os; for the network stack, virtual
+ file system, and many userland components. Apple iOS also
+ contains elements borrowed from &os;.
+
+
+
+ Cisco
+ Cisco - IronPort
+ network security and anti-spam appliances run a modified
+ &os; kernel.
+
+
+
+ Citrix
+ Citrix - The
+ NetScaler line of security appliances provide layer 4-7
+ load balancing, content caching, application firewall,
+ secure VPN, and mobile cloud network access, along with
+ the power of a &os; shell.
+
+
+
+ Dell
+ KACEDell
+ KACE - The KACE system
+ management appliances run &os; because of its
+ reliability, scalability, and the community that supports
+ its continued development.
+
+
+
+ Experts
+ ExchangeExperts
+ Exchange - All public facing web
+ servers are powered by &os; and they make extensive use
+ of jails to isolate development and testing environments
+ without the overhead of virtualization.
+
+
+
+ Isilon
+ Isilon -
+ Isilon's enterprise storage appliances are based on
+ &os;. The extremely liberal &os; license allowed Isilon
+ to integrate their intellectual property throughout the
+ kernel and focus on building their product instead of an
+ operating system.
+
+
+
Cisco
- Cisco
+ url="http://www.ixsystems.com/">iXsystems
+ iXsystems - The
+ TrueNAS line of unified storage appliances is based on
+ &os;. In addition to their commercial products, iXsystems
+ also manages development of the open source projects
+ PC-BSD and FreeNAS.
+ Juniper
+ Juniper - The
+ JunOS operating system that powers all Juniper
+ networking gear (including routers, switches, security,
+ and networking appliances) is based on &os;. Improvements
+ generated at Juniper are upstreamed into &os; to reduce
+ the complexity of integrating new features from &os; back
+ into JunOS in the future.
+
+
+
+ McAfee
+ McAfee -
+ SecurOS, the basis of McAfee enterprise firewall
+ products including Sidewinder is based on &os;.
+
+
+
+ NetApp
+ NetApp - The
+ Data ONTAP GX line of storage appliances are based on
+ &os;. In addition, NetApp has contributed back many
+ features, including the new BSD licensed hypervisor,
+ bhyve.
+
+
+
Juniper
+ url="https://signup.netflix.com/openconnect/software">Netflix
+ Netflix - The
+ OpenConnect appliance that Netflix uses to stream
+ movies to its customers is based on &os;. Netflix has
+ make extensive contributions to the codebase and works to
+ maintain a zero delta from mainline &os;. Netflix
+ OpenConnect appliances are responsible for delivering more
+ than 32% of all Internet traffic in North America.
+ Sandvine
+ Sandvine -
+ Sandvine uses &os; as the basis of their high
+ performance realtime network processing platforms that
+ make up their intelligent network policy control
+ products.
+
+
+
+ Sony
+ Sony -
+ Both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles
+ run modified versions of &os;.
+
+
+
+ Sophos
+ Sophos -
+ The Sophos Email Appliance product is based on a
+ hardened &os; and scans inbound mail for spam and viruses,
+ while also monitoring outbound mail for malware as well as
+ the accidental loss of sensitive information.
+
+
+
+ Spectra
+ LogicSpectra
+ Logic - The nTier line of
+ archive grade storage appliances run &os; and
+ OpenZFS.
+
+
+
+ The Weather
+ ChannelThe Weather
+ Channel - The IntelliStar
+ appliance that is installed at each local cable
+ providers headend and is responsible for injecting local
+ weather forecasts into the cable TV network's programming
+ runs &os;.
+
+
+
+ Verisign
+ Verisign -
+ Verisign is responsible for operating the .com and .net
+ root domain registries as well as the accompanying DNS
+ infrastructure. They rely on a number of different
+ network operating systems including &os; to ensure there
+ is no common point of failure in their
+ infrastructure.
+
+
+
+ WhatsApp
+ WhatsApp - When
+ WhatsApp needed a platform that would be able to handle
+ more than 1 million concurrent TCP connections per server,
+ they chose &os;. They then proceeded to scale past 2.5
+ million connections per server.
+
+
+
+ Wheel
+ SystemsWheel
+ Systems - The FUDO security
+ appliance allows enterprises to monitor, control,
+ record, and audit contractors and administrators who work
+ on their systems. Based on all of the best security
+ features of &os; including ZFS, GELI, Capsicum, HAST, and
+ auditdistd.
+
+
+
+ &os; has also spawned a number of related open source
+ projects:
+
+
+
+ BSD Router
+ BSD Router - A
+ &os; based replacement for large enterprise routers
+ designed to run on standard PC hardware.
+
+
+
+ FreeNAS
+ FreeNAS - A
+ customized &os; designed to be used as a network file
+ server appliance. Provides a python based web interface
+ to simplify the management of both the UFS and ZFS file
+ systems. Includes support for NFS, SMB/CIFS, AFP, FTP,
+ and iSCSI. Includes an extensible plugin system based on
+ &os; jails.
+
+
+
+ GhostBSD
+ GhostBSD - A
+ desktop oriented distribution of &os; bundled with the
+ Gnome desktop environment.
+
+
+
NetApp
- NetApp
+ url="http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/">mfsBSD
+ mfsBSD - A toolkit for
+ building a &os; system image that runs entirely from
+ memory.
+
+
+ NAS4Free
+ NAS4Free - A
+ file server distribution based on &os; with a PHP
+ powered web interface.
+
+
+
+ PC-BSD
+ PC-BSD - A
+ customized version of &os; geared towards desktop users
+ with graphical utilities to exposing the power of &os; to
+ all users. Designed to ease the transition of Windows and
+ OS X users.
+
+
+
+ pfSense
+ pfSense - A
+ firewall distribution based on &os; with a huge array of
+ features and extensive IPv6 support.
+
+
+
+ m0n0wall
+ m0n0wall - A
+ stripped down version of &os; bundled with a web server
+ and PHP. Designed as an embedded firewall appliance with a
+ footprint of less than 12 MB.
+
+
+
+ ZRouter
+ ZRouter - An
+ open source alternative firmware for embedded devices
+ based on &os;. Designed to replace the proprietary
+ firmware on off-the-shelf routers.
+
&os; is also used to power some of the biggest sites on
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Apache
- Apache
-
-
-
- Rambler
Rambler
@@ -496,8 +731,8 @@
Weathernews
- Weathernews
+ url="http://www.weathernews.com/">Weathernews
+ Weathernews
@@ -507,15 +742,11 @@
-
- Experts
- Exchange
- Experts Exchange
-
-
- and many more.
+ and many more. Wikipedia also maintains a
+ list of products based on &os;