MAJOR OPENSOLARIS STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES

The following table describes the core components of Open Storage and provides links to directly join the email aliases or view the email postings through the OpenSolaris forums.

• – View all OpenSolaris.org storage projects
• – OpenSolaris.org storage home page
• – View all OpenSolaris.org forums
• – View all OpenSolaris storage components

You can join the community email lists below, or for a broader view of what is happening in the OpenSolaris storage community, subscribe to the storage-announce alias. Traffic is only a few important posts a month. Review recent postings.

Technology	Description	Opensolaris.org	OpenSolaris Forum
ZFS	ZFS is a new kind of file system that provides simple administration, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability.	Community	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.
CIFS	OpenSolaris has an in-kernel open source CIFS implementation. While the open source Samba project is the traditional choice for CIFS interoperability the OpenSolaris team felt there were compelling performance and security advantages with an in-kernel implementation. If preferred, the Samba packages are also available for OpenSolaris.	Server Project Client Project	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.
NFS	OpenSolaris, Solaris, and SunOS have been delivering NFS services for close to 25 years	Community	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.
iSCSI	The iSCSI protocol allows clients to send SCSI commands to SCSI storage devices (targets) on remote servers	iSCSI initiator project iSCSI target project	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.
Fibre Channel	FC is a gigabit network technology often associated with storage servers.	Project	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.
COMSTAR	Common Multiprotocol SCSI Target (COMSTAR) is a significant storage architecture enhancement for OpenSolaris, allowing creation of storage array functionality using commodity computing and storage components. See the Storage What's New for details. There are also a variety of COMSTAR videos, from overview to tutorials.	Project	Read the forum postings. Join the forum mailing list.