> From: linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Coughlan > > Yes, Red Hat does. Tony Asleson. libStorageMgmt: > > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libstoragemgmt > > The current focus is on managing external storage (SMI-S, etc.). This > focus can be expanded over time. Contributions welcome. > Device management(scalability/feature mgmt) - 1) scalability: I may be wrong but storage boxes like symmetrix(and others) support large number of LUNs. So device management 'scalability' will make linux shine. By scalability I mean efficiently managing let's say 32K(?) LUNs. 2) feature management: As Shyam mentioned in earlier emails - provide an ecosystem similar to smart-phones. Let me provide an example(and then you guys can correct me by saying this already exists or bits and pieces exist): a) As a kernel developer - export all the features(to the upper layers) we can by querying the target. b) As an app developer - GetLUNFeatures(), could return - {Thin Provision, RAID-level, ... ). c) As a sys-admin - If I right click(for a volume/LUN) on my management GUI, I should be able to tell if my volume supports thin-prov, backed by DRBD[proxy?] etc. So once we provide b) from above, tens(if not hundreds) of apps will be developed in a short period of time. I feel libstoragemgmt is an excellent place to get all of this organized. Chetan Loke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
