This page provides an outline for the new OpenSolaris Storage Starter Kit.
Keep Storage Shared
OpenSolaris helps you easily share files across the network and make storage accessible.
| Version | Title | Comment |
Runtime |
Size |
Member |
Format Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMSTAR Overview | A high-level overview of how COMSTAR works. |
2 minutes |
Elizabeth Fais |
||
| 1 | COMSTAR Tutorial: Convert a Sun Server into a Fibre Channel Storage Array |
Sumit Gupta demonstrates steps to start from a fresh install of COMSTAR to converting a Sun server into a fibre channel storage array. | 10 minutes |
65 mb | Sumit Gupta |
|
| 2 |
COMSTAR Update 6 | Dan Maslowski presents an update about COMSTAR at DM Ambassadors, November 2008 |
Dan Mas |
Get source from Deirdre |
||
| 1 | Installing and Using COMSTAR |
Peter Buckingham speaks at CommunityOne (May, 2008) about COMSTAR. Includes instructions on creating a multiprotocol server, using ZFS to create a file share, installing COMSTAR, and using COMSTAR to create an FC target. | 280mb |
Peter Buckingham |
||
| 1 | Introducing the OpenSolaris Data Migration Manager |
Mark Cruciani introduces the OpenSolaris Data Migration Manager in an informal "Birds of a Feather" session at Usenix FAST (February 2008). |
10 minutes |
82 mb | Mark Cruciani |
resized version already provided |
| 2 |
Native OpenSolaris CIFS Service | Alan Wright talks about the OpenSolaris CIFS Server project at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 2008) | ||||
| 1 | pNFS in OpenSolaris |
Spencer Shepler and Siddheshwar Mahesh speak about pNFS in OpenSolarisat the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 2007). | 152 mb |
Spencer Shepler |
||
| 1 | QFS File Sharing |
Chris Wood interviews Harriet Coverston about QFS file sharing and the Sun QFS software. | 7 minutes |
20 mb |
Harriet Coverston | |
| 1 | Solaris Talks Windows with CIFS |
Chris Wood interviews Alan Wright about the OpenSolaris CIFS Server project. | 9 Min |
24 mb |
Alan Wright |
REMOVE5 |
| 1 | Supercharging NFS |
Lei Chai provides an overview and a demo of NFS Over RDMA in OpenSolaris. |
16 minutes |
Lei Chai |
Keep Storage Safe
OpenSolaris helps you protect your important data.
| Version | Title | Comment |
Runtime |
Size |
Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Automatic Data Migration (ADM) with ZFS Demo |
Joe Blount showing the OpenSolaris Automatic Data Migration (ADM) feature archiving a ZFS file system. Files are copied and moved from a ZFS file system to tape and disk tiers, data blocks are released from ZFS, and the file is staged back from tape/disk when needed. | 8 minutes |
Joe Blount |
|
| 1 | OpenSolaris Tape Enhancements |
Scott Tracy speaks about the OpenSolaris tape enhancements at a Front Range OpenSolaris User Group (FROSUG) meeting (June 2008). | 12 minutes |
70MB | Scott Tracy |
| 1 | Sun Makes Archiving Easy with SAM |
Chris Wood interviews Harriet Coverston on how to easily archive, access, and protect your data with Sun Storage Archive Manager (SAM). |
7 minutes |
20 MB | |
| 1 | ZFS is Smashing Baby |
Jim Hughes demonstrates the reliability of the ZFS file system. Recorded live in St Petersburg Russia at Sun Tech Days. Two drives are smashed with a sledge hammer and the data keeps moving. Replace the drives and the data magically appears back on the new drives. ZFS takes commodity systems and storage and makes it reliable. | 10 minutes |
Jim Hughes |
Keep Storage Simple
OpenSolaris helps you simplify your storage management.
| Version | Title | Comment |
Runtime |
Size |
Member |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amit Vashi (Qlogic) Interview |
Interview with Amit Vashi, Vice President, Qlogic. | |||
| 1 | Evan Powell (Nexenta) Interview |
Interview with Evan Powell, CEO, Nexenta. |
|||
| 1 | Gregory Perry (Liveammo) Interview |
Interview with Gregory Perry, CEO, Liveammo. |
|||
| 1 | iSCSI Management Framework |
John Forte presents a new iSCSI management API at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 10-13, 2007). | 48 min |
REMOVE1 |
|
| 1 | It's Time for Intelligent Storage |
Chris Wood interviews Harriet Coverston about object-based storage. | 8 minutes |
25 mb |
|
| 1 | OpenSolaris as a Storage Platform |
Jeff Cheeney talks about the OpenSolaris Storage platform at the 2008 USENIX FAST conference. | 11 minutes |
78 mb |
REMOVE3 |
| 1 | OpenSolaris Home NAS Recipe |
Father and son's home NAS project. Presented at the Front Range OpenSolaris User Group (FROSUG). | ~25 minutes |
82 MB |
Jeff Cheeney |
| 1 | OpenSolaris is a Natural for Storage Developers |
Brian Wong presents why OpenSolaris is a natural for storage developers. Presented at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 10-13, 2007). | 44 minutes |
145 mb |
REMOVE4 |
| 1 | The Open Storage Revolution |
Jeff Bonwick speaks about "The Open Storage Revolution" at CommunityOne (May 5, 2008). | |
282 mb |
Jeff Bonwick |
| 2 |
Storage in the Cloud |
Ben Rockwood of Joyent speaks at the first OpenSolaris Storage Summit, held September 2008, in Santa Clara, CA. |
|||
| 2 |
Storage the Solaris Way | Thomas Nau, Head of Infrastructure Department, Solaris Geek, University of Ulm, talks about the cool things you can do with storage on OpenSolaris. |
|||
| 2 |
Sun Open Storage | Mike Shapiro speaks at the first OpenSolaris Storage Summit, held September 2008, in Santa Clara, CA. | |||
| 2 |
The Solid State Storage Revolution | Andy Bechtolsheim talks about the history of storage devices and how flash memory is changing the storage landscape. Presented at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 2008). |
|||
| 2 |
Understanding the ZFS Technology |
Tim Thomas presents as part of Sun UK's ZFS Discovery Day. | |||
| 1 | ZFS and Open Storage |
John Fowler announces Sun Open Storage and talks about ZFS. |
8 minutes |
REMOVE2 |
|
| 1 | ZFS as a Root File System |
Lori Alt presents ZFS as a Root File Systemat the SNIA Storage Developer Conference (September 10-13, 2007). | 37 minutes |
115MB |
Lori Alt |