Sun open source code allows servers to act as storage arrays | | 2008-06-11 | | Sun has issued open-source software that can reconfigure any OpenSolaris-based x86 server into a block-based storage device capable of acting as a storage array.
Comstar, or common multiprotocol SCSI target was released to the open source community last month and will allow developers to quickly add new data-transport protocols that can talk to various devices in a network.
Comstar turns OpenSolaris servers into SCSI target storage devices that can be accessed by initiator hosts over a network. The code can run on any server running the OpenSolaris operating system, but it is compatible only with host bus adapters from storage networking providers QLogic Corp., Emulex Corp. and LSI Corp.
The software simplifies the SCSI target subsystem management by the creation of discrete modules enabling storage devices to connect to transport protocols such as Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, iSCSI, iSER and SAS.
The software also allows users to create a specific management interface for new storage devices.
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