On 12/11/2014 06:41 AM, Vladislav Bolkhovitin wrote: > Resending, because it turned out that this is subscribers-only list and I was > subscribed from another address, dedicated for mailing lists. > > ==================================================================================== > > 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? Hey Vlad, IMO SCST would be a good addition for the storage SIG. It perfectly aligns to the objective of Storage SIG [1]. > 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. OpenAFS folks have similar requirement and they are working on it. SIGs are expected to use CentOS community build system [2] for building RPMs. So the challenge is to do the stuff in cbs i.e. koji in an automated way. I think CommunityBuildSystem wiki page [3] has enough information to get you started. Please join the #irc meeting of Storage SIG on 12-Dec-2014 15:30 UTC on #centos-devel and we can discuss more about it. > 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 > [1] http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage/Proposal [2] http://cbs.centos.org/koji/ [3] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CommunityBuildSystem Thanks, Lala #lalatenduM on Freenode