<bike_shed_color_warning> CAM has meaning in the context of SCSI, picking another nomenclature might cause less confusion..
</warning> On Jun 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Charles Baker wrote: >> Common Array Manager Project >> >> Purpose >> >> Provides management software to OpenSolaris for >> configuring and monitoring block storage arrays. >> >> Sponsoring Community Groups >> >> Storage >> >> Initial Project Team >> >> Owen Hall >> James Kremer >> >> Project Description >> >> Common Array Manager (CAM) is disk storage device >> management software that currently ties together >> Sun's midrange family of disk storage systems (the >> Sun StorageTek Modular Arrays) in an administrator >> friendly way. The software includes a web >> application, currently runnable from the Sun Java Web >> Console, allowing the user to manage their systems >> from any browser and a command line client which >> provides a facility for automating and scripting >> management operations and tasks. More information >> about the product and its features can be found on >> the product page here -- >> http://www.sun.com/storagetek/management_software/reso >> urce_management/cam. >> >> The software has been designed with a plug-in >> architecture. Adding support for new devices is >> matter of implementing a set of interfaces in the >> emerging CAM Device SDK. Utilizing this design it is >> envisioned that CAM can be made to manage other disk >> systems that are both hardware and software based. >> This can potentially include other products in the >> Sun StorageTek Modular Array line as well as upcoming >> array and disk systems planned by Sun or other >> manufacturers of storage systems. >> >> The main development focus of this project will be to >> continue to refine and enhance the core application >> framework, application user interfaces and device >> SDK. Also, members of the project would be asked to >> consider writing and contributing new plug-ins for >> CAM . The goal would be to allow CAM to evolve into a >> brand neutral disk management application. One idea >> for a plug-in we have discussed is an SMI-S >> client-based plug-in that would provide the >> foundation for allowing CAM to manage any device that >> has an SMI-S provider. >> >> The tentative roadmap for the project is as follows: >> >> 1. Make Solaris binaries/packages from the latest >> release of the software available. >> 2. Release the CAM SDK along with sample plug-ins. >> 3. Open source the core/base application source code >> 4. Open source existing product plug-ins where >> feasible >> >> The current software is released for multiple OS >> platforms: Solaris, Linux and Windows. We desire to >> keep CAM host platform neutral but do seek to make it >> run well and have tight integration with the >> OpenSolaris platform. We see CAM as enhancing >> OpenSolaris' storage management software stack making >> OpenSolaris a good choice as a management host >> platform. >> >> Project Needs >> >> OpenSolaris Project Page >> SCM Management >> Discussion List > > +1 > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
