I would like to propose a new Open Solaris project for generic RAID configuration utility.
The generic RAID configuration utility will support mpt, mpt_sas and other compatible open source drivers on Open Solaris; it will be capable of performing basic RAID configuration tasks, including creating and deleting RAID arrays, maintaining global/local HSP (hot spare pool) disks, and querying RAID object information. For more details, please refer to PSARC 2005/204 and its evolvements (2006/663, 2007/667, 2008/458, 2008/731 and 2009/040). The project will simply cover the above basic features, and a future complete RAID solution can be brought up with some enhancement. The possible enhancement may cover some of the following: Support for more RAID products (like LSI SAS2.0 support, Intel SAS support, HP RAID support, nVidia RAID support, etc); Support for OpenSolaris Automated Installer; More RAID components like add-on cache/battery module support; RAID system monitoring and diagnostic features; GUI based user interface; Support for soft RAID and/or soft volume configuration; RAID system monitoring and diagnostic features; More advanced RAID configuration features (like array extension, data migration, etc) The endorsement by the Device Driver and ON community is highly appreciated! Project leaders: Ryan Wang (wangyubo) -- Regards, WANG, Yu-Bo Ryan SUN Microsystems China _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
