From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 06:14:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A0A8106566B for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:14:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4062E8FC16 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:14:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BC4928448 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:14:26 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05CD8EB8262; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:14:26 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1sg3rVfLcXUh; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:14:21 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (c-67-180-175-57.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.180.175.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04DFCEB78EA; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:14:19 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DshUkMRMV0NapAL7sxL7GqvCjiq/HINaCRxKw6xEmH0FiW6dtQ8Qq1RCqDXp7YoFT fVzlRFnVgU1VXXWMSdJ9g== Message-ID: <497FF7B8.3090105@delphij.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:14:16 -0800 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Hitt References: <497FD9B9.3000106@illumasys.com> In-Reply-To: <497FD9B9.3000106@illumasys.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: graid5 patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:14:27 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Hitt wrote: > I'm working on replacing my aging fileserver and have set my sights on > using graid5 (based on my past usage of the system). Unfortunately, i'm > coming up quite short in terms of actually finding this module, even as > a patch! > > My questions: > 1) Can someone post a link to the existing source (preferably all > three versions, "classic", "TNG", and "PP") > 2) Does this project have any sort of real project structure to it, > with release cycles and/or dedicated developers? > 3) If the answer to 2 is "yes", is there any timeline for it to be > added to the official source tree? > > Regarding 2 and 3 - if there is not an official project for this, would > anyone else be interested in helping me set one up? I don't have a > massive amount of free time, but i am a developer and have a vested > interest in seeing the project succeed, so i would be more than willing > to at least set up a more official project page for this critical module > and help maintain the codebase. I think the FreeNAS project has a GEOM based RAID-5 implementation: http://www.freenas.org/ And here is their implementation in SVN: http://freenas.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freenas/trunk/build/ports/geom_raid5/ Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkl/97gACgkQi+vbBBjt66DcsgCgtpNr/dL5sl2hl3mPMbthnAge Qw0AoJPg9i/eSrZLZYtTlBbYSf5fxTKi =5Q6I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----