Friday June 13, 2008
COMSTAR - Server = Storage Array??
- Over the past few weeks information about a great new storage feature in OpenSolaris has been trickling out. The feature is COMSTAR (COMSTAR = COmmon Multiprotocol SCSI TARget). To learn more about COMSTAR the OpenSolaris project page include a number of videos and an outstanding administration guide.
- I personally had the chance to play with COMSTAR a few weeks back and found it simply amazing. It was so cool being able to create a ZFS volume and share it to a windows host in around 10 minutes. I wrote up my experience in this presentation. There is a chance the presentation as given to the Front Range OpenSolaris User group may soon be a video.
- Some other interesting reading about COMSTAR are:
- Scott Tracy's Blog post –Versatility
- Lynn Rohrer's Blog post -Cheap arrays with COMSTAR and you spare servers
- Dan Maslowski's Blog post – COMSTAR PR
- Sumit Gupta's Blog post - COMSTAR integrated into Solaris Nevada Build 90
- There was also the press coverage:
- ComputerWorld article - New Sun code transforms x86 servers into storage arrays
- Blocks & Files - Sun taking on LeftHand with open source IP SAN code
- System News Blog post - OpenSolaris Project: COMSTAR - COmmon Multiprotocol SCSI TARget
- I'm sure the excitement is just getting started and I really look forward to how this technology will be used in a future product ...
Posted by Jeff Cheeney [Open Source Storage] ( June 13, 2008 10:58 AM ) Permalink
