On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Jeff Cheeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi storage community, > > Let's kick off a discussion about what F/OSS packages you would like to > see in an OpenSolaris repository (like pkg.opensolaris.org). > > I know there are many storage related packages and utilities that would > enhance OpenSolaris, and you all have opinions on what is most important > to you. > > Let's start this off with a few questions: > > What backup software would you like to have as part of OpenSolaris?
Well, anything at all would be a start. There really aren't tools to back up ZFS. Unlike ufsdump which can do actual backups of ufs filesystems (although in an untrustworthy manner), there really isn't anything for ZFS. The built-in tools (snapshots, send/receive) don't address the backup question at all. Even the serious backup utilities (the likes of NetBackup/NetWorker) struggle to cope properly once ZFS is brought into play. The problem being is that a combination of low-cost high-capacity drives and zfs allow you to do things with storage that would until recently have been impossible, and backup hasn't kept up. Backup generally is a huge gaping hole that needs to be filled. And I think generally that we're seeing storage stress existing tools beyond their design limits. Your normal df output is unhelpful once you go beyond a few dozen filesystems - generally the systems administration and monitoring tools we have were designed back in the day when the number of interesting objects was in single digits. (Likewise trying to monitor cpu utilization on a T5140 with 128 cpus.) It's not that I want to see more tools in the repository, it's that I see a need for completely new tools for the 21st century. (And just wish I was smart enough to help write them.) -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
