Projects

OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris is an open source project created by Sun Microsystems to build a developer community around the Solaris Operating System technology.

illumos

A community derivative of the OS/Net consolidation from OpenSolaris.

Nexenta

Nexenta Operating System is a free and open source operating system combining the OpenSolaris kernel with GNU application userland. Nexenta Operating System runs on Intel/AMD 32/64bit hardware and is distributed as a single installable CD. Upgrades and binary packages not included on the CD can be ... [More] installed from NexentaOS repository using Advanced Packaging Tool. In addition, source based software components can be downloaded from network repositories available at Debian/GNU Linux and Ubuntu Linux. [Less]

StormOS

StormOS is the first distribution based on Nexenta Core Platform 2.0 RC1 which combines the power of the Solaris kernel with the ease of use of Ubuntu. StormOS aims to be a lightweight OS with everything the average user would want out-of-the-box.

SmartOS

SmartOS: The Complete Modern Operating System SmartOS incorporates the four most revolutionary OS technologies of the past decade — Zones, ZFS, DTrace and KVM — into a single operating system, providing an arbitrarily observable, highly multi-tenant environment built on a reliable ... [More] , enterprise-grade storage stack. With the introduction of KVM in SmartOS, you no longer have to give up the power of an enterprise-grade operating system in order to run legacy applications and stacks. SmartOS turns any server into a highly efficient hosting platform for multi-tenant, machine-to-machine, or storage applications. SmartOS offers unique, innovative tools for application developers, service providers and data center operators – tuned and hardened for modern datacenter deployment. [Less]

nfs-utils

The Network File System (NFS) was developed to allow machines to mount a disk partition on a remote machine as if it were a local disk. It allows for fast, seamless sharing of files across a network.

illumian

illumos kernel with debian packaging

openduckbill

Openduckbill is a simple command line backup tool for Linux, which is capable of monitoring the files/directories marked for backups for any changes and transferring these changes either to a local backup directory or a remote NFS exported partition or to a remote ssh server using the very common ... [More] , rsync command. As a backup tool, openduckbill can operate in any one of the modes mentioned below: Maintain an exact copy of the source at the backup destination Maintain current and previous version of the source at the backup destination Features Supports recursive and non-recursive backup of files/directories Does filesystem monitoring Openduckbill uses pyinotify for filesystem monitoring. Any directory marked for backup, will be monitored for changes, and the changes will be synced to the backup destination regularly. Three different modes of backup. Supports backup to Local directory NFS mount SSH server (using rsync over ssh) Include/exclude files/directories from backup Supports including/excluding files/directories from backup using pattern matches Supports maintaining current and previous versions of files at backup destination. In NFS backup mode, the NFS partition is auto mounted. Ability to remove files/directories which are not part of backup schedule from backup partition. (Currently this feature supported only in LOCAL and NFS backup modes.) Uses YAML based config file Easy to read and modify Uses GUI dialog box to display critical information Has built-in logging system Daemon mode and Non-daemon mode Extensive DEBUG info mode Fully client side application Minimal (or no) configuration required on server More details here [Less]

tsumufs

What is TsumuFS?TsumuFS is a disconnected, offline caching filesystem layer on top of NFS in the spirit of fexd and other caching filesystems (like Coda or Intermezzo). While these other filesystems require specific server-side support, TsumuFS is designed to be simple and elegant by solving only ... [More] the caching issue, and not the filesystem protocol itself. GoalsReliability. Allow users to continue working on a locally saved copy of their files if the local nfs server goes away (ie: down) People efficient. Provide a way after the file server comes back up for all changes to be integrated to the filer seamlessly and without user interaction unless a conflict from a concurrent change has occurred. Network/Infrastructure efficiency. Provide for an alternative to moving users' home directories around the various global filers. Consistent user feedback. Provide timely and helpful information to the user of the state of the filesystem in the form of socket or /sys IPC. Direct control over the cached data. It should be possible to exclude files from the cache entirely, and to persistently keep a set of files in the cache. Non goalsTsumuFS should NOT reimplement the network filesystem protocol. NFS is tried and true, and well supported as-is on most architectures -- TsumuFS only augments the NFS layer. It should NOT provide policy or infrastructure for the encryption of the file store. TsumuFS should function at the VFS layer ONLY -- encryption of the underlying file store is up to the administrator. It should NOT implement an entire filesystem to store cached data and the state of TsumuFS's world. As TsumuFS functions at the VFS level, the underlying filesystems should be used for storage. [Less]

urlfs

Python library to access and create filesystems using URL. Provides access to HTTP, FTP, local files, HTTP, FTP servers and FUSE filesystem.