From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 21 00:06:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7382B106567B for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 00:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f159.google.com (mail-ew0-f159.google.com [209.85.219.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044F58FC08 for ; Thu, 21 May 2009 00:06:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so907397ewy.43 for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:06:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j+4fiuJ/1Xyfk5BQzwuwtH8Swj/1o/11WD+oJwQtg4k=; b=t/e3445ksjW7Vu+dA4YduCm4y3ExkgwLUWNmath81PvdVQkLapydaEUtMFtawOOE1W +LGgi0xLpnwYoco9mLKJUYnL6M/2oq4EcCx29mPKI+Ns+62KQNN90W1+2e+MqfHhfEAU NK8C9hplcAfA87Y1LOYPwp6o+LJ1ui1bbk7d0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Yba5AeBVMHjdRv+Jklrvc7ekigrZQWZyo4WinddYnR0W05yPaMYhU8TbxssSIhSdhZ 7HSv7RONWIC3wcRhpjrc82bvhg1igiB7Munfi94kH2ABTZmoyRGJiVAwcey+rbp66HSy R+i4bRxoR4JV5qw/KdZKVPT45XtkYCbvo9GDs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mat.macy@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.70.204 with SMTP id p54mr448106wed.87.1242864394054; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:06:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <28D35184-3EAF-43A9-89A7-C434FD23A967@ifom-ieo-campus.it> References: <3c1674c90905151702l81c2b88off1d2b2ffed39ca2@mail.gmail.com> <20090516065019.GM82547@egr.msu.edu> <28D35184-3EAF-43A9-89A7-C434FD23A967@ifom-ieo-campus.it> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:06:34 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 59614ba1c62a091f Message-ID: <3c1674c90905201706j5a5ec8aw843621b88698f5c2@mail.gmail.com> From: Kip Macy To: Alessandro Dellavedova Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Adam McDougall , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFT: ZFS MFC X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:06:36 -0000 > > Unfortunately not a lot but we can do the following: > > - Donate some hardware (Fibre Channel HBAs) to the FreeBSD project (paid > from my pocket, not my employer's one); > - Donate some money (paid from my employer's pocket, if I can demonstrate > that this can help us to save big bucks on high-end storage systems); > - Detail in a very precise way all the tests that we are doing on ZFS, using > the following storage: Apple Xraid, Nexsan Sas/SATAbeast, EMC (waiting for > the final configuration) as a contribution to the FreeBSD community. > > In a few words, please let the community know what we can do in order to > make this dream come true. Contributing hardware to the cluster increases the range of platforms that FreeBSD committers can test on. I can't speak to whom or to what to contribute money - that really depends on your perceived needs. 4GB / 8GB qlogic fibre channel support is actually on its way, although I don't know the date. Cheers, Kip