Hi Cyril, V po, 03. 12. 2007 v 10:16, Cyril Plisko píše: > On Dec 3, 2007 10:24 AM, Milan Jurik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Cyril, > > > > Cyril Plisko píše v so 01. 12. 2007 v 12:09 +0200: > > > I'd like to propose a project that will investigate support for Device > > > Mapper facility [0], > > > similar (or even compatible) to Linux device-mapper facility[1]. > > > > > > While OpenSolaris comes with state of the art native storage features and > > > capabilities it lacks interoperability with technologies used in other > > > systems > > > like Linux. For example Linux LVM2 framework[2] is very popular disk > > > management > > > facility used by default by numerous Linux distributions. LVM2 uses > > > device-mapper[1] > > > as a kernel low-level engine and has a set user-land utilities to > > > manage its entities. > > > > > > LVM2 interoperability can be very nice supplement to the ext[23] file > > > system > > > support project suggested recently to this community. > > > > > > Generic device mapper facility in Solaris will create a foundation for > > > providing > > > other layers both for interoperability purposes (LVM2, etc) and other > > > Solaris > > > native uses (think lofi being just a wrapper around device mapper for > > > example). > > > > > > Initial project team: Cyril Plisko > > > > > > > Do we have developer's documentation for it, to avoid looking at Linux > > source code? > > I don't know yet. That's why the proposal states that its goal is > investigation. > I do know, OTOH, that part of the implementation is LGPL covered. > I think it can help us. > > > > > As the second, could be SVM enhanced to support LVM? > > I have no idea, frankly speaking. I was under impression that > SVM is obsoleted/EOLed, although I may be wrong here. > In any case proposal is for device-mapper, which is an enabler > for LVM, but not the LVM itself. >
OK, thank you for clarification. +1 for this proposal Best regards, Milan _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
