From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 19 03:17:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B62516A418 for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:17:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from ns.trinitel.com (186.161.36.72.static.reverse.ltdomains.com [72.36.161.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D6FE13C46A for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:17:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from proton.local (r74-193-81-203.pfvlcmta01.grtntx.tl.dh.suddenlink.net [74.193.81.203]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns.trinitel.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l7J2pwHx012302; Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:51:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <46C7B04B.6030703@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:51:55 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Watson References: <46B0F505.8090102@freebsdbrasil.com.br> <20070818125647.O84677@fledge.watson.org> <20070818154250.V27632@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20070818154250.V27632@fledge.watson.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ns.trinitel.com Cc: Patrick Tracanelli , fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xsan (Apple) on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:17:57 -0000 Robert Watson wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Derek E. Lewis wrote: > >> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Robert Watson wrote: >> >>> Catching up on an aging thread here -- as far as I know, the XSan >>> parts from Mac OS X are closed source, so while you can access XSan >>> storage using whatever distributed file systems Apple supports (NFS, >>> CIFS?), you can't use FreeBSD to directly access the storage area >>> network. This is probably fine. >>> >>> You'll be interested to know, if you don't already, that both NetApp >>> and Isilon use FreeBSD as the foundation OS for their products. >> >> Isilon uses FreeBSD, yes, but Netapp uses Linux. One of the >> improvements Netapp made to Linux was rewriting the NFS stack to >> support NFSv4 in a decent manner. Those of you that have worked with >> Linux NFS before know that its not something you want to ship on a >> commercial storage product. > > NetApp gave a rather nice presentation at the recent FreeBSD developer > summit in Ottawa on the topic of FreeBSD as the foundation OS for > OnTap/GX, and also made a rather healthy donation to the FreeBSD > Foundation in the last six months. I defer to their expertise on the > point of what the OS in their product is... :-) As I understand it, > NetApp has improved the Linux NFS client significantly, but not for the > purposes of including it in their product. Robert, can you point me to that presentation please? I'd love to read it.. Eric