Software Update for Sun Storage 7000 Series

Download the next software update for the Sun Storage 7000 series. It is applicable to all Series 7000 platforms and contains a critical fix for the CIFS server. Customers using the CIFS feature are strongly encouraged to update their 7110, 7210, and 7410 systems to ak-2008.11.20.1.1. For a matrix of software update releases for the Series 7000, visit the Fishworks wiki.

The Latest on COMSTAR

Dan Maslowski provides a status update on the latest developments with COMSTAR. These include an upcoming release of new SBD lun provider; DTrace probes, MDB walkers, and kstats for COMSTAR; integration of iSER; SRP; FCOE; and iSCSI.

CIFS Performance on Sun Storage 7410

Fishworks Engineer Brendan Gregg offers up Analystics results for the CIFS (SMB) protocol - the file sharing protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows - on the Sun Storage 7410. See results of CIFS streaming read from DRAM, CIFS streaming read from disk, CIFS streaming write to disk, CIFS read IOPS from DRAM, and Modest read IOPS.

Sun's Open Storage Appeal to Customers/Startups

Find out some of the reasons why customers, specifically startups, may be interested in the Sun Storage 7000 series by learning from one. BlueOrange Networks, which offer "boutique" hosting in a fully virtualized environment, briefly explains its decision to use the Sun Storage 7110.

What are the Key Drivers to Open Storage?

Noted in easy-to-read bullet-form, Philippe Julio lists the key business drivers for differing market sectors, IT drivers, technology, key performance indicators, added value services, and references to back Open Storage's claim to be "the best performance at the best price."

Integrated Fault Management

As a central piece of the Sun Storage 7000 series RAS (reliability/availability/serviceability) architecture, integrated fault management is the focus of a Fishworks blog to explain how it works with examples and accompanying screenshots.

DIY OpenStorage Device and Configuration

In five steps, a Sun blog provides readers with what to do to configure your Open Storage device. It begins with the configuration of the OS, followed by provisioning ZFS, performing hot-plug, installing storage services, and ending with starting SMB services. [...read more...]

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