Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-03-10 Thread N
http://sites.google.com/site/linuxvtl2/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-20 Thread N
Hi, is this going to be anything like what Mark Harvy is doing in Linux ? http://sites.google.com/site/linuxvtl2/ Thanks NIA -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-18 Thread Erast
Guys, just to let you know that Nexenta was working for quite some time on its COMSTAR VTape driver. It is now beta ready and feature complete as far as code is concerned: http://www.nexentastor.org/projects/vtape It requires b131+ to compile and run. Tested with NexentaStor and with many

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-18 Thread Marc Nicholas
Erast, That's pretty awesome...I have it up and running already! It looks like drive type personalities are missing, though? That's pretty important for folks running traditional backup software (NetBackup, TSM, etc). Also, does it work over FCP too? Thx! -marc On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:17

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-18 Thread Sumit Gupta
, 2010 1:48 PM To: Erast Cc: storage-discuss@opensolaris.org; Nick Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL Erast, That's pretty awesome...I have it up and running already! It looks like drive type personalities are missing, though? That's pretty important for folks running traditional

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-18 Thread Marc Nicholas
: storage-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] *On Behalf Of *Marc Nicholas *Sent:* Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:48 PM *To:* Erast *Cc:* storage-discuss@opensolaris.org; Nick *Subject:* Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL Erast, That's pretty awesome...I have it up and running already

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-18 Thread Sumit Gupta
@opensolaris.org; Nick Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL I think you really need to get SCSI autochanger support into it...otherwise its use-case is somewhat limited with traditional backup software, no? Is that on the roadmap? I did manage to connect the initiator to an XP machine via

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-17 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Marc Nicholas geekyth...@gmail.com wrote: There's some embryonic work underway to provide a streaming device as a COMSTAR LU. This will achieve what you're looking for as far as devices. There is a project at Kenai (for the moment):

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-17 Thread Nick
Cool - is the code meant to compile under SunStudio or the GNU tools, or does it matter? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-17 Thread Marc Nicholas
I had to switch to Sun Studio to get the as-is code to compile due to differences in the C and make flags. But, that's a free download :) -marc On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Nick nick.couch...@seakr.com wrote: Cool - is the code meant to compile under SunStudio or the GNU tools, or does

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-16 Thread Nick
Bump... Any input/ideas? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list storage-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss

Re: [storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-02-16 Thread Marc Nicholas
There's some embryonic work underway to provide a streaming device as a COMSTAR LU. This will achieve what you're looking for as far as devices. -marc On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Nick nick.couch...@seakr.com wrote: Bump... Any input/ideas? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[storage-discuss] Open Source VTL

2010-01-11 Thread Nick
As I understand, from the following post: opensolaris.org/pipermail/storage-discuss/2009-December/007767.html the Solaris/OpenSolaris iSCSI Target Daemon currently will not emulate a tape device, correct? If this is correct, does anyone know of an Open Source VTL for the Solaris platform?