On 11/3/07, Razvan Corneliu VILT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like the right solution to my problem in it solves a few problems, but > I am rather curious about how it would integrate with a potential Samba > server running on the same system (in case someone needs a domain controller > as well as a fileserver). > > 1 - Samba can store the DOS attributes of a file in an xattr. Can sharesmb do > that? If so, is it compatible with Samba? ...
The best description I have seen so far is at http://blogs.sun.com/amw/entry/cifs_in_solaris . Based upon what I see there, OpenSolaris is getting capability that will once again surpass the capabilities of the competition. Not to belittle the advances in dtrace, zfs, smf, etc., the integration of cifs seems to be a game changer in determining which open source OS is the best for file serving. Indeed, this would not be the case without the combination of zfs, nfsv4, avs, etc. Once NDMP and COMSTAR are in place, it looks as though the "core" parts will be complete. Hopefully this will all come together through administrative tools that make cross-platform (*nix, Windows) and cross-protocol (CiFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC) file and block serving with remote replication seem intuitive. Kinda makes you understand why Netapp no longer feels that they can compete on features + ease of use. -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
