I consider myself an early adopter of ZFS and pushed it hard on this list and in real life with regards to iSCSI integration, zfs performance issues with latency there of, and how best to use it with NFS. Well, I finally get to talk more about the ZFS-based product I''ve been beta testing for quite some time. I thought this was the most appropriate place to make it known that NexentaStor is now out, and you can read more of my take at my personal post, http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2007/11/coming-out-party-for-commodity-storage.html I thought it would be in the normal opensolaris blog listing, but since its not showing up there, this single list seems most appropriate to get interested parties and feedback.
interesting project..I shall try it out be carefully..NTAPP might sue you ;) selim -- ------------------------------------------------------ Blog: http://fakoli.blogspot.com/ On 11/1/07, Joe Little <jmlittle at gmail.com> wrote:> I consider myself an early adopter of ZFS and pushed it hard on this > list and in real life with regards to iSCSI integration, zfs > performance issues with latency there of, and how best to use it with > NFS. Well, I finally get to talk more about the ZFS-based product I''ve > been beta testing for quite some time. I thought this was the most > appropriate place to make it known that NexentaStor is now out, and > you can read more of my take at my personal post, > http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2007/11/coming-out-party-for-commodity-storage.html > > I thought it would be in the normal opensolaris blog listing, but > since its not showing up there, this single list seems most > appropriate to get interested parties and feedback. > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >-- ------------------------------------------------------ Blog: http://fakoli.blogspot.com/
> I consider myself an early adopter of ZFS and pushed > it hard on this > list and in real life with regards to iSCSI > integration, zfs > performance issues with latency there of, and how > best to use it with > NFS. Well, I finally get to talk more about the > ZFS-based product I''ve > been beta testing for quite some time. I thought this > was the most > appropriate place to make it known that NexentaStor > is now out, and > you can read more of my take at my personal post, > http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2007/11/coming-out-party- > for-commodity-storage.html > > I thought it would be in the normal opensolaris blog > listing, but > since its not showing up there, this single list > seems most > appropriate to get interested parties and feedback. > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ssHmm so is that where all the Nexenta guys have been all this time!?!? :) I look forward to trying out what has been produced. This type of solution is a pleasing one for the consumer. Is there a list of the contributers and what they do? The landscape of Nexenta has changed and I wonder about the details. PS: the website looks kind of busy to the eyes :) PPS: I think the new Nexenta team is the perfect candidate for submitting to the community how they think the OpenSolaris branding and compatibility should work. Would you like a "Built with OpenSolaris" logo to use? How far would you (or should you) go to maintain compatibility and be certified as "OpenSolaris Compatible"? People doing real work on real projects should chime on on those issues because there is far too much yapping from people like me who do nothing :) This message posted from opensolaris.org
On 11/2/07, MC <rac at eastlink.ca> wrote:> > I consider myself an early adopter of ZFS and pushed > > it hard on this > > list and in real life with regards to iSCSI > > integration, zfs > > performance issues with latency there of, and how > > best to use it with > > NFS. Well, I finally get to talk more about the > > ZFS-based product I''ve > > been beta testing for quite some time. I thought this > > was the most > > appropriate place to make it known that NexentaStor > > is now out, and > > you can read more of my take at my personal post, > > http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2007/11/coming-out-party- > > for-commodity-storage.html > > > > I thought it would be in the normal opensolaris blog > > listing, but > > since its not showing up there, this single list > > seems most > > appropriate to get interested parties and feedback. > > _______________________________________________ > > zfs-discuss mailing list > > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > > ss > > Hmm so is that where all the Nexenta guys have been all this time!?!? :) > > I look forward to trying out what has been produced. This type of solution is a pleasing one for the consumer. > > Is there a list of the contributers and what they do? The landscape of Nexenta has changed and I wonder about the details. PS: the website looks kind of busy to the eyes :) > > PPS: I think the new Nexenta team is the perfect candidate for submitting to the community how they think the OpenSolaris branding and compatibility should work. Would you like a "Built with OpenSolaris" logo to use? How far would you (or should you) go to maintain compatibility and be certified as "OpenSolaris Compatible"? >I can only speak up to my particular usage and understanding. Its OpenSolaris-based in the sense it is based on the ON/NWS consolidations (aka, NexentaOS or the NCP releases). Its still very much Debian/Ubuntu like in that it has that packaging, that installer, etc. Time will tell how compatible that is deemed to be.> People doing real work on real projects should chime on on those issues because there is far too much yapping from people like me who do nothing :) > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
Joe Little wrote:> On 11/2/07, MC <rac at eastlink.ca> wrote: > >>> I consider myself an early adopter of ZFS and pushed >>> it hard on this >>> list and in real life with regards to iSCSI >>> integration, zfs >>> performance issues with latency there of, and how >>> best to use it with >>> NFS. Well, I finally get to talk more about the >>> ZFS-based product I''ve >>> been beta testing for quite some time. I thought this >>> was the most >>> appropriate place to make it known that NexentaStor >>> is now out, and >>> you can read more of my take at my personal post, >>> http://jmlittle.blogspot.com/2007/11/coming-out-party- >>> for-commodity-storage.html >>> >>> I thought it would be in the normal opensolaris blog >>> listing, but >>> since its not showing up there, this single list >>> seems most >>> appropriate to get interested parties and feedback. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>> zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu >>> ss >>> >> Hmm so is that where all the Nexenta guys have been all this time!?!? :) >> >> I look forward to trying out what has been produced. This type of solution is a pleasing one for the consumer. >> >> Is there a list of the contributers and what they do? The landscape of Nexenta has changed and I wonder about the details. PS: the website looks kind of busy to the eyes :) >> >> PPS: I think the new Nexenta team is the perfect candidate for submitting to the community how they think the OpenSolaris branding and compatibility should work. Would you like a "Built with OpenSolaris" logo to use? How far would you (or should you) go to maintain compatibility and be certified as "OpenSolaris Compatible"? >> >> > > I can only speak up to my particular usage and understanding. Its > OpenSolaris-based in the sense it is based on the ON/NWS > consolidations (aka, NexentaOS or the NCP releases). Its still very > much Debian/Ubuntu like in that it has that packaging, that installer, > etc. Time will tell how compatible that is deemed to be. >That''s about right. There is a little bit of a compatibility layer for the .pkg format. For example, pkgadd is wrapped to convert a .pkg to a .deb and install the .deb. Sometimes things don''t work (like the sun compiler packages) but sometimes they do. I would expect this type of thing to get better over time. Supporting .pkg seems like a plus in being OpenSolaris Compatible. There is also a bit of your own choosing for how compatible you want to be. An example is that Nexenta packs the Sun ssh build but also allows installation of the Debian/Ubuntu build of the openssh package. The Sun ssh is exactly what you expect. One thing that is difficult and not entirely dealt with is upgrading zones to stay in sync with the global zone core libraries. Of course, it seems that is a little bit of a problem for more than just Nexenta ;) ZFS/iSCSI works great out of the box and has actually allowed me to import pools that an older Solaris hosts couldn''t (because of pool problems). We are running Nexenta in production on a Thumper, two x4100''s, and a generic AMD x86_64 machine. I can''t wait to load up the upcoming 1.0! -Tim
is there any pricing information available ? This message posted from opensolaris.org
Not for NexentaStor as yet to my knowledge. I''d like to caution that the target of the initial product release is digital archiving/tiering/etc and is not necessarily primary NAS usage, though it can be used as such for those so inclined. However, interested parties should contact them as they flesh out those details. BETA programs are available too (that''s where I''m at now) On 11/6/07, roland <devzero at web.de> wrote:> is there any pricing information available ? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >