[CentOS-devel] Fwd: SCST would like to join the CentOS Storage SIG

forwarding for Vlad, he wasent subscribed to the list at the time :


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Subject: SCST would like to join the CentOS Storage SIG
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:43:41 -0800


Hi CentOS Developers,

I would like to ask if SCST project can join the CentOS Storage SIG? We
would like to have a CentOS kernel with SCST included be part of CentOS
to let our users easier access to the latest SCST versions on the latest
kernels. If you don't object, what should we do for that?

Kernel requirements are simple. It's just a standard kernel plus one
patch applied + SCST modules. We already have a script, which creates a
kernel RPM with SCST integrated for the specified kernel.

SCST is an alternative SCSI target stack for Linux. SCST allows creation
of sophisticated storage devices, which provide advanced functionality,
like replication, thin provisioning, deduplication, high availability,
automatic backup, etc. Majority of recently developed SAN appliances,
especially higher end ones, are SCST based. It might well be that your
favorite storage appliance running SCST in the firmware. For instance,
from 12 storage systems mentioned in
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/30/emc_to_ejaculate_xtremio_at_launchgasm/
(counting the system this page is about as well), 6 are SCST based.

More info about SCST and its modules you can find on:
http://scst.sourceforge.net

Thanks,
Vlad