On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:39:25 -0700
Alta Elstad <[email protected]> wrote:
> We are seeking the endorsement of the Device Drivers and Storage communities
> for
> a new project: Promise SuperTrak RAID HBA Driver
>
> The purpose of this project is to provide early access to a Solaris driver
> that
> will enable RAID on OpenSolaris systems with Promise SATA and SAS/SATA RAID
> PCI-express controller hardware.
+1 from me.
jmcp
> The sts driver ("SuperTrak Storage" HBA) belongs to the SATA/SAS line of Host
> Bus Adapters that provide hardware RAID storage. The sts driver was a jointly
> developed CDDL driver based on BSD source version by Promise. Sun paid for
> contract work to produce the driver under CDDL by Dexcel Corp in India. This
> line of cards features Intel I/O processors for SATA-only and SAS/SATA (aka
> Brockton and Sunrise Lake). An sts6 driver for next generation HBA that has 6
> Gbps interfaces could also be done in this project.
>
> Promise Technology, Inc. (http://www.promise.com/) is a storage HBA vendor
> that
> provides both small business to large enterprise storage HBAs and finished
> Storage Arrays. Often known as a price-performance leader in RAID storage.
> They
> currently provide Solaris-Ready certified VTrak storage subsystems.
>
> According to Article VIII of the OpenSolaris Constitution, we need three +1
> votes from Core Contributors in each of these two communities within 72 hours
> and no -1 votes. Since the U.S. has a holiday, the deadline for endorsing
> this
> proposed project is 5pm Pacific Time Wednesday, July 8.
>
> Project leaders:
> James Liu (gdude)
> Qiming Zhu (qmingz)
> Garden Liang (will register)
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James C. McPherson
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