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== use cases == | == use cases == | ||
| - | + | === Handles storage devices === | |
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| - | + | * system and device health | |
| - | + | * automatic and manual setting of I/O parameters | |
| - | + | * installation, configuration, transport setup | |
| - | + | * device error reporting and analysis | |
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| - | + | === Handles storage pools === | |
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| - | + | * administers RAID volumes and LVs | |
| - | + | * set up hot remote pools | |
| - | + | * identify hot swap spare LUNs | |
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| - | + | === Handles file systems === | |
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| - | + | * creating | |
| - | + | * mounting | |
| - | + | * tuning | |
| - | + | * resizing | |
| - | + | * deleting | |
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| - | + | === Handles NFS administration === | |
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| - | + | * client: automated server discovery, | |
| - | + | * client: autofs configuration | |
| - | + | * server: automatic export of file systems | |
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| - | + | === Handles data management === | |
| + | * set up automated storage hierarchies | ||
| + | * one-time or periodic data replication | ||
| + | * one-time or periodic backup | ||
| + | * restore and disaster recovery | ||
== other examples == | == other examples == | ||
Revision as of 01:07, 16 August 2007
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description
- A easy-to-use graphical tool that can manage storage devices and pools, and file systems
- Includes a wizard (like Roxio or Toast) that can start different applications depending on what is to be accomplished
- Make it easy to create, manage, and back up very large data storage pools
- Make it easy to export and secure data
- Provide a framework for thinking about and documenting data management
use cases
Handles storage devices
- system and device health
- automatic and manual setting of I/O parameters
- installation, configuration, transport setup
- device error reporting and analysis
Handles storage pools
- administers RAID volumes and LVs
- set up hot remote pools
- identify hot swap spare LUNs
Handles file systems
- creating
- mounting
- tuning
- resizing
- deleting
Handles NFS administration
- client: automated server discovery,
- client: autofs configuration
- server: automatic export of file systems
Handles data management
- set up automated storage hierarchies
- one-time or periodic data replication
- one-time or periodic backup
- restore and disaster recovery
other examples
<outline text="star, cpio, rsync"/>
<outline text="Smit on AIX"/>
<outline text="zpool and zfs on Solaris"/>
requirements
<outline text="Need a good name for it (branding!)"/>
<outline text="Must tie together the disparate, separately maintained, and undocumented masses of storage utilities that exist on Linux"/>
<outline text="And provide new tools that don't already exist"/>
<outline text="Emulates the nice model provided by zpool/zfs"/>
<outline text="Management">
<outline text="Do we want some kind of permanent storage management (disk/CF/optical/tape)? Device maintenance? Ways to drive smartctl, hdparm, or other testing?"/>
<outline text="Do we want some kind of storage pool management (manage LVs, manage pools [for fs's that understand them]?"/>
<outline text="Do we want some kind of file system management (create, check, remove, expand)? Managing /etc/fstab, /etc/exports, and the automounters? Disk usage analyzer (boabab)?"/>
<outline text="Do we want some kind of data management (replication/migration/backup/mirroring)?"/>
</outline>
major architecture
<outline text="Need to look at tools for constructing nice GUIs on Linux">
<outline text="Ask on #nc?"/>
<outline text="Some web searching"/>
<outline text="Look at Python web site: again, Python might be best to prototype">
<outline text="Python seems to have plenty of options"/>
</outline>
</outline>
<outline text="Let's start small">
<outline text="Add a GUI to fdisk, mdadm"/>
<outline text="Try constructing a GUI for managing fstab or exports"/>
<outline text="Build a GUI for starting other applications"/>
</outline>
operation
random ideas
<outline text="Start simple -- admin /etc/fstab or run smartctl"/>
<outline text="Need place to collect ideas publicly">
<outline text="calpg wiki"/>
<outline text="external wiki"/>
<outline text="irc -- use #linuxfs, or something else"/>
<outline text="mailing list?"/>
</outline>
<outline text="Python!">
<outline text="Found some interesting pythings that could help">
<outline text="module that can do stuff with devices"/>
<outline text="pyparted to deal with partition management"/>
<outline text="pylibacl for... well, you know"/>
</outline>
</outline>
free-form notes
Would be nice to have some kind of wizard-like user space tool that would allow virtualized data management on Linux.
Need to scope the requirements.
Do we want some kind of permanent storage management (disk/CF/optical)? Device maintenance? Ways to drive SMART, or other testing?
Do we want some kind of storage pool management (manage LVs, manage pools [for fs's that understand them])?
Do we want some kind of file system managment (create, check, remove, expand)? Managing /etc/fstab, /etc/exports, and the automounters? boabab (disk usage analyzer)
Do we want some kind of data management (replicate/migrate/backup/mirror)?
So I think we can start small. Take a common TUI utility or two (fdisk or mdadm) and try constructing a GUI around it.
