Hi Ryan, +1 from me.
James Yu-Bo Ryan Wang wrote: > 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) > -- James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
