thanks Ted, that's just what I needed to make sure. better not to re-invent the wheel, just make it "more round"
selim On 10/17/07, Ted Pogue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Selim, > The ADM folks know the SAM folks. We actually sit in the > same building. Also, ADM is for ZFS, although it could, in theory, be > adopted on other file systems. SAM is currently QFS only. > ADM has tried to learn from SAM experiences. > Hope this helps, > Ted Pogue > SAM-QFS Development Manager > > Selim Daoud wrote: > > is there a coordination ith SAMFS guys..theve been doing things in > > this area too > > > > s- > > > > On 10/16/07, *Rick Matthews* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Attached is a proposal for ADM (Automatic Data Migration). Please > > consider this. > > -- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Rick Matthews email: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sun Microsystems, Inc. phone:+1(651) 554-1518 > > 1270 Eagan Industrial Road phone(internal): 54418 > > Suite 160 fax: +1(651) 554-1540 > > Eagan, MN 55121-1231 USA main: +1(651) 554-1500 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Project Overview: > > > > I propose the creation of a project on opensolaris.org > > <http://opensolaris.org> to bring to > > the community Solaris archive services for Sun ZFS file systems > > namely, the "Automated Data Manager". The project would be known > > as ADM. > > ADM, in conjunction with SMMS (a separate project proposal), will > > provide > > an archive/storage solution along with a next generation media > manager > > for Sun's filesystems. These products are being designed and > > developed by > > Sun Microsystems Data Archive Group. > > > > > > Project Description: > > > > ADM is designed to use the Data Storage Management API (aka XDSM) as > > defined in the CAE Specification XDSM as documented by the Open > > Group. > > XDSM provides an Open Standard API to Data Migration Applications > > (DMAPI) to manage file backup and recovery, automatic file > migration, > > and file replication. ADM will take advantage of these APIs as a > > privileged application and extension to ZFS. > > > > SMMS will provide true removable media resource sharing between > > applications (in this case, ADM). The tape library, drives and > > cartridge resources are no longer host-centric. > > > > > > Community Involvement: > > > > By open sourcing ADM software, we will enhance OpenSolaris as > > a storage platform. Those that adopt OpenSolaris will benefit from > an > > open storage platform, while providing valuable feedback during > > the development and deployment of these projects. > > We plan to develop our initial release of ADM in the > > Open Source community, so we invite community feedback on our > > designs in progress. We intend to make periodic code drops to > > the project page for download by the community. > > > > ADM is currently developed in Mercurial. Our long term strategy > > will be to use Mercurial as a source control tool and make the > > repository part of the open source project. This will allow the > > community to comment on features and our code base as we work > > through the design and development phases of ADM and > > allow for community contributions. > > > > Our design documentation can be found at: > > > > TBD > > > > Community Leaders: > > > > Jon Hendrickson > > Susan Gleeson > > Gregory Matthews > > Richard Matthews > > Rowan da Silva > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > storage-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > storage-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss > > >
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