Open Archive - "What does it mean to keep data around for generations to come? It's an interesting problem. Were the Egyptians thinking about this when they created their documents on Papyrus? When that data becomes digital, the challenges seem daunting." - Mark Carlson

OpenSolaris at FOSDEM - trip report - "I've finally recovered enough to talk a bit about how we got on at FOSDEM last weekend..." - Tim Foster

How to determine MDS, DS, and client - "With the OpenSolaris pnfs binary drops, things are still pretty raw. (Hey, we could hold onto the code until it is fully baked!) A common problem is telling which machines plays which role - i.e., I've got a pNFS community set up, I've done some testing, and I've rebooted the machines. How do I remember which machine is which?" - Tom Haynes