The OpenSolaris COMSTAR project is one of Sun's leading Open Storage initiatives. It separates and abstracts back-end storage however access is allowed. Through COMSTAR's SMTF users can allocate some raw disk and then provide it to SAN through an FC Target, iSCSI Target or SAS Target etc. Users can now, with 100 percent open source software, turn a white-box PC with a bunch of SATA disks and a Fibre Channel HBA into what appears to a SAN to be an enterprise grade Fibre Channel array.
Interview with Jim Grisanzio focalized the synergy of OpenSolaris with the global community. "I think that the focal point, to kind of tie these things together," said Grisanzio, "is the OpenSolaris binary distribution, and the fact that it’s surprisingly good... because Solaris is so strong technically, but, people seem genuinely happy with it."
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