StorageUnificationTool

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== use cases ==
== use cases ==
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        <outline text="Handles storage devices">
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=== Handles storage devices ===
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          <outline text="system and device health"/>
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          <outline text="automatic and manual setting of I/O parameters"/>
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* system and device health
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          <outline text="installation, configuration, transport setup"/>
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* automatic and manual setting of I/O parameters
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          <outline text="device error reporting and analysis"/>
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* installation, configuration, transport setup
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        </outline>
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* device error reporting and analysis
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        <outline text="Handles storage pools">
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          <outline text="administers RAID volumes and LVs"/>
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=== Handles storage pools ===
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          <outline text="set up hot remote pools"/>
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        </outline>
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* administers RAID volumes and LVs
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        <outline text="Handles file systems">
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* set up hot remote pools
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          <outline text="creation"/>
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* identify hot swap spare LUNs
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          <outline text="mounting"/>
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          <outline text="tuning"/>
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=== Handles file systems ===
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          <outline text="resizing"/>
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          <outline text="deletion"/>
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* creating
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        </outline>
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* mounting
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        <outline text="Handles NFS administration">
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* tuning
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          <outline text="client: automated server discovery, "/>
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* resizing
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          <outline text="client: autofs configuration"/>
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* deleting
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          <outline text="server: automatic export of file systems"/>
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        </outline>
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=== Handles NFS administration ===
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        <outline text="Handles data management">
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          <outline text="set up automated storage hierarchies"/>
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* client: automated server discovery,
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          <outline text="one-time or periodic data replication"/>
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* client: autofs configuration
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          <outline text="one-time or periodic backup"/>
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* server: automatic export of file systems
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          <outline text="restore and disaster recovery"/>
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        </outline>
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=== Handles data management ===
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* set up automated storage hierarchies
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* one-time or periodic data replication
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* one-time or periodic backup
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* restore and disaster recovery
== other examples ==
== other examples ==
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        <outline text="star, cpio, rsync"/>
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* star, cpio, rsync
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        <outline text="Smit on AIX"/>
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* Smit on AIX
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        <outline text="zpool and zfs on Solaris"/>
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* zpool and zfs on Solaris
== requirements ==
== requirements ==
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        <outline text="Need a good name for it (branding!)"/>
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* Need a good name for it
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        <outline text="Must tie together the disparate, separately maintained, and undocumented masses of storage utilities that exist on Linux"/>
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* Must tie together the disparate, separately maintained, and undocumented masses of storage utilities that exist on Linux
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        <outline text="And provide new tools that don't already exist"/>
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* And provide new tools that don't already exist
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        <outline text="Emulates the nice model provided by zpool/zfs"/>
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* Emulates the nice model provided by zpool/zfs
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        <outline text="Management">
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* Management
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          <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?"/>
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** Do we want some kind of permanent storage management (disk/CF/optical/tape)? Device maintenance? Ways to drive smartctl, hdparm, or other testing?
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          <outline text="Do we want some kind of storage pool management (manage LVs, manage pools [for fs's that understand them]?"/>
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** Do we want some kind of storage pool management (manage LVs, manage pools [for fs's that understand them]?
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          <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)?"/>
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** 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)?
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          <outline text="Do we want some kind of data management (replication/migration/backup/mirroring)?"/>
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** Do we want some kind of data management (replication/migration/backup/mirroring)?
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        </outline>
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== major architecture ==
== major architecture ==
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        <outline text="Need to look at tools for constructing nice GUIs on Linux">
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* Need to look at tools for constructing nice GUIs on Linux
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          <outline text="Ask on #nc?"/>
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** Ask around
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          <outline text="Some web searching"/>
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** Some web searching
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          <outline text="Look at Python web site: again, Python might be best to prototype">
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** Look at Python web site: again, Python might be best to prototype
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            <outline text="Python seems to have plenty of options"/>
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*** Python seems to have plenty of options
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          </outline>
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** Let's start small
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        </outline>
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*** Add a GUI to fdisk, mdadm
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        <outline text="Let's start small">
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*** Try constructing a GUI for managing fstab or exports
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          <outline text="Add a GUI to fdisk, mdadm"/>
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*** Build a GUI for starting other applications
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          <outline text="Try constructing a GUI for managing fstab or exports"/>
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          <outline text="Build a GUI for starting other applications"/>
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        </outline>
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== operation ==
== operation ==
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== random ideas ==
== random ideas ==
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        <outline text="Start simple -- admin /etc/fstab or run smartctl"/>
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* Start simple -- admin /etc/fstab or run smartctl
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        <outline text="Need place to collect ideas publicly">
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* Need place to collect ideas publicly
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          <outline text="calpg wiki"/>
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** NFSv4 wiki
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          <outline text="external wiki"/>
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** irc -- use #linuxfs, or something else
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          <outline text="irc -- use #linuxfs, or something else"/>
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** mailing list?
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          <outline text="mailing list?"/>
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* Python!
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        </outline>
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** Found some interesting pythings that could help
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        <outline text="Python!">
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*** module that can do stuff with devices
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          <outline text="Found some interesting pythings that could help">
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*** pyparted to deal with partition management
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            <outline text="module that can do stuff with devices"/>
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*** pylibacl for... well, you know
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            <outline text="pyparted to deal with partition management"/>
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            <outline text="pylibacl for... well, you know"/>
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          </outline>
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        </outline>
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== free-form notes ==
== free-form notes ==

Latest revision as of 01:15, 16 August 2007

Contents

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

  • star, cpio, rsync
  • Smit on AIX
  • zpool and zfs on Solaris

requirements

  • Need a good name for it
  • Must tie together the disparate, separately maintained, and undocumented masses of storage utilities that exist on Linux
  • And provide new tools that don't already exist
  • Emulates the nice model provided by zpool/zfs
  • Management
    • Do we want some kind of permanent storage management (disk/CF/optical/tape)? Device maintenance? Ways to drive smartctl, hdparm, 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 management (create, check, remove, expand)? Managing /etc/fstab, /etc/exports, and the automounters? Disk usage analyzer (boabab)?
    • Do we want some kind of data management (replication/migration/backup/mirroring)?

major architecture

  • Need to look at tools for constructing nice GUIs on Linux
    • Ask around
    • Some web searching
    • Look at Python web site: again, Python might be best to prototype
      • Python seems to have plenty of options
    • Let's start small
      • Add a GUI to fdisk, mdadm
      • Try constructing a GUI for managing fstab or exports
      • Build a GUI for starting other applications

operation

random ideas

  • Start simple -- admin /etc/fstab or run smartctl
  • Need place to collect ideas publicly
    • NFSv4 wiki
    • irc -- use #linuxfs, or something else
    • mailing list?
  • Python!
    • Found some interesting pythings that could help
      • module that can do stuff with devices
      • pyparted to deal with partition management
      • pylibacl for... well, you know

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.

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