A new minor update to the 2009.Q3 software has been posted. This release contains numerous fixes, including iSCSI, iSNS, shadow migration, clustering, and Infiniband fixes. All customers are strongly encouraged to update to this release at soon as possible.

Complete release notes can be found here.

A new micro update to the 2009.Q2 software has been posted. This release fixes a double-parity RAID data integrity issue and is recommended for all double-parity RAID users still using 2009.Q2 software. This issue is already fixed in the 2009.Q3 software. All users with double-parity RAID configurations should scrub their pool(s) after upgrading to this software.

Complete release notes can be found here.

Today at Oracle Open World Jeff Wright and Sridhar Ranganathan gave a terrific presentation on how to best deploy the Oracle database with the Sun Storage 7000 series. Their work provided a great demonstration of the power of the Hybrid Storage Pool and Analytics — two key differentiators in the 7000 series. The performance numbers they presented were both impressive and act as an important guideline for those seeking to deploy a similar configuration. For even more details, check out Jeff and Sridhar's Blueprint on the same topic.

If you're at the conference, drop by the Sun booth where members of the Fishworks team will also be dropping by to answer questions and give demonstrations.

A new minor update to the 2009.Q3 software has been posted. This release contains numerous fixes, including iSCSI, iSNS, shadow migration, and clustering fixes. All customers are strongly encouraged to update to this release at soon as possible.

Complete release notes can be found here.

Last week, we announced the availability of the 2009.Q3 software release for the Sun Storage 7000 series. See the video below where Sun's EVP of systems John Fowler talks with Fishworks lead Bryan Cantrill, and Open Storage application integration lead Scott Meadows.

The 2009.Q3 software update is now available at the Sun Download Center. You can find the complete release notes here. A summary of the major new features is below:

Data protocols

• IP over Infiniband with supported HCAs
• NFS/RDMA preview for early adopters
• iSCSI enhancements (performance)

Data services

• User quotas
• Shadow migration
• Triple-parity RAID
• Triple mirroring
• Nested mountpoints
• Sharing by netgroup
• Enable/disable Logzilla per-share

Software features

• Enhanced MMC support
• Configuration backup/restore
• Faster cluster takeover time
• Non-DNS hostname resolution
• IPMP standby interfaces
• Syslog relay service

Our friends over at Corporate Technologies have compiled a useful FAQ on the Sun Storage 7000 series. If you have questions, it's a good place to start so take a look.

A new minor update to the 2009.Q2 software has been posted. This release fixes several clustering issues, and is recommended for all users with a 7410 or 7310 cluster.

Complete release notes can be found here.

BusinessWeek recently interviewed Fishworks' own Mike Shapiro concluding that "Innovation Isn't Just for Startups". It's well worth a read; here's a brief excerpt:

What Shapiro and Cantrill realized from this [examination of the market] was that they had to devise a genuinely "disruptive product" — not just a souped-up version of what was available. Because of the hassle and expense, customers weren't going to scrap their existing data-storage solutions unless Sun came up with something far superior. "We had to cost half as much and be twice as fast," Shapiro says.
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With hundreds of customers out of the gate, the Sun Storage 7000 Series has definitely established itself—and Fishworks, which Shapiro continues to run, could well prove one of the hidden gems of the Oracle acquisition. In the meantime, the new product line stands as powerful proof of what Drucker preached: When it comes to innovation, it's smarts, not size, that matter most.

For more on the story of Fishworks, take a look at Bryan's post on the subject.

A new minor update to the 2009.Q2 software has been posted. This release fixes several CIFS issues, as well as a bug that prevents systems from being rebooted while a system disk is being resilvered. This release is recommended for all users, but particularly those in a CIFS environment.

Complete release notes can be found here.