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OpenSolaris Storage Administrators

Look through this page and find out what's happening with storage administration in the OpenSolaris community.

What are the most talked about OpenSolaris storage administration features? 

  • ZFS - A new kind of file system that provides simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability.
  • CIFS Server and CIFS Client - A standard Solaris virtual file system that implements a CIFS (SMB) client, which provides access to files and directories on CIFS servers.
  • Common Multiprotocol SCSI Target (COMSTAR) - A framework to use a Solaris host as a SCSI Target platform using independent functional modules which are glued together by the SCSI Target Mode Framework (STMF).
  • NFS over RDMA - An OpenSolaris implementation of RPC for infiniband transports.
  • NFSv4 namespace extensions - A project to deliver "mirror mounts" and referrals.
  • pNFS - NFSv4.1 parallel NFS (pNFS) implementation for OpenSolaris
  • Solaris iSCSI Target - A protocol that allows clients (called initiators) to send SCSI commands (CDBs) to SCSI storage devices (targets) on remote servers

Where are OpenSolaris users sharing information and discussing OpenSolaris storage topics?

Where can I find information about OpenSolaris storage features?