!@#$#@$ So the storage bloggers have to get prolific just while I'm busy with SNW and don't have time to keep up with them!

Configuring the OpenSolaris CIFS Server in Workgroup Mode - "This article documents a quick and simple process showing you how configure the OpenSolaris CIFS Server in Workgroup Mode. I am working on a Sun Fire X4500 with Solaris Nevada build 86 installed...." - Tim Thomas

Expand-O-Matic RAID-Z - " ZFS users seem to love RAID-Z, but a frustratingly frequent request is to be able to expand the width of a RAID-Z stripe. While the ZFS community may care about solving this problem, it's not the highest priority for Sun's customers and, therefore, for the ZFS team." - Adam Leventhal

XAM 1.0 major milestone - "The eXtensible Access Method (XAM) 1.0 specifications are now available as work in progress drafts on the SNIA web site. This includes the XAM Architecture spec (details all the semantics of the XAM interface), the XAM Java API (Java language binding) and the XAM C API (C language binding)." - Mark Carlson

Great Article - Building A Home Fileserver using ZFS - "I just read this series of articles "A Home Fileserver using ZFS". Simon Breden, the author, has done a great job here and doubtless these will be much referenced..." [The post links to several other useful articles.] - Tim Thomas