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
> >
> >
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