[Stgt-devel] Ang: [Iscsitarget-devel] Have a look at storageos.com

Fri May 25 19:47:50 CEST 2007

actually, now the cc list is too long and email will get rejected. also
cross posting in multiple lists is not that nice. so this will be my
last cross list post on this topic.

i strongly suggest anyone who have interest on this topic, go ahead
register in http://groups.google.com/group/storageos mailing list, or
post stuff directly on sites.

@Mike, could you post this email in your blog as a start?

thanks all!

Ming

On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 11:41 -0600, Mike Young wrote:
> Over the years, I've done several OSS-based storage companies. Back in
> the late 90's I founded NetAttach, which was acquired by VA Linux. It
> was the first one to go the route of leveraging OSS and then turning
> back to the community. Years later, Rafiu at Openfiler leveraged what
> we did previously and made a much better version of an OSS storage
> solution. While he did that, I was driving new functionality into our
> OS at Snap Appliance and then turning back into open source. Was also
> driving OSS models to Intel and others after Xyratex acquired another
> one of my companies. Want to do this more broadly now as I hate, hate,
> hate proprietary storage software.
> 
> Collectively, we're doing some exciting things in open source that are
> storage related. I see some new things and I see a lot of replication
> as well. Some good, some not so much. Sometimes the changes are good,
> but not understood.
> 
> Anyway, I found that managing all of these projects via mail lists was
> a horrible way to go. Any time I needed to track down a new patch set,
> like Ross' compat or blockio patches, I had to search through mail
> archives and then figure out the latest versions, etc. Just thought a
> central site would be better for all of this. And with blog style of
> posts available, I like that folks can post their questions and fixes
> right next to the posted patches. I think it's a lot easier to
> navigate and follow the evolution of a patch set.
> 
> This is just a way to unite protocols, file systems, middleware, and
> applications into a storage-specific operating system or Linux
> distribution. It was actually Ming's idea. We were on a call together
> nearly a year ago when he proposed it and I locked down the domain
> name. We're just now getting to the point of bringing everything
> together.
> 
> I, by no means, envision this as being the end-all of open source
> storage. I really think it's way for us to share a lot more ideas and
> provide a forum to address here. How many times have we seen a
> question on IET that was really meant for open-iscsi? Or what about an
> EVMS plugin question that wandered past us? Well, the very notion that
> someone wants to manage IET or STGT via EVMS means it can belong here.
> Such an idea or thread is very relevant to us because we're focused on
> Leveraging, Integrating, Managing and Tuning. 
> 
> Over the next few days, I'm hoping we can sort of post a roadmap of
> where we'd like to go and what we'd like to possibly see. As with
> other items we post, it's open to feedback. I learned a long time ago
> to remain receptive of new ideas. You'd be surprised where the best
> ones will come from. I hope you'll all embrace this site and
> contribute. And by all means pick an area and lead it, drive it and be
> the visionary. I think that would be great.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Ming Zhang wrote: 
> > On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 07:39 +0200, johan at capvert.se wrote:
> >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ming Zhang
> > > <blackmagic02881 at gmail.com> 
> > > S?nt av:
> > > iscsitarget-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
> > > 
> > > 2007-05-25 00:08 
> > > S?nd svar till
> > > blackmagic02881 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >          
> > >         Till:
> > >  iscsitarget-devel at lists.sourceforge.net, open-iscsi <open-iscsi at googlegroups.com>, linux-stgt <stgt-devel at lists.berlios.de> 
> > >         Kopia:
> > >  "Nicholas A.
> > > Bellinger"
> > > <nab at kernel.org>, Mike
> > > Young
> > > <myoung at wildernessvoice.com>, Mike Mazarick <mazarick at bellsouth.net> 
> > >         ?rende:
> > >  [Iscsitarget-devel]
> > > Have a look at
> > > storageos.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi All
> > > 
> > > Please have a look at www.storageos.com.
> > > 
> > > Though it is not a wiki. It is more than a wiki. See
> > > http://www.storageos.com/?q=node/9 for example. With external services
> > > like sf.net or google to provide bugzilla, svn, mailing list, it
> > > should
> > > be a good starting point. Also you need to register to post/comment,
> > > so
> > > hopefully spam can be controlled to an minimum level.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Ming
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Looks nice. A good idea. Who is behind this? 
> > >     
> > 
> > who? so far Mike Young, Ross, Rafiu, and I. but anybody who want to make
> > linux a better OS for storage is welcomed! anyway it is a OSS project.
> > we just see something duplicated again and again so wish to merge the
> > effort to build a better one.
> > 
> > ming
> > 
> > 
> >   
> > >                 Johan         
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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