On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM, "C. Bergström" <cbergst...@netsyncro.com>wrote:
> > For reasons which I don't care about Sun may not apply to be a gsoc > organization this year. However, I'm not discouraged from trying to propose > some exciting zfs related ideas. On/off list feel free to send your vote, > let me know if you can mentor or if you know a company that could use it. > > Here's more or less what I've collected... > > 1) Excess ditto block removing + other green-bytes zfs+ features - *open > source* (very hard.. can't be done in two months) > 2) raidz boot support (planning phase and suitable student already found. > could use more docs/info for proposal) > 3) Additional zfs compression choices (good for archiving non-text files? > 4) zfs cli interface to add safety checks (save your butt from deleting a > pool worth more than your job) > 5) Web or gui based admin interface > 6) zfs defrag (was mentioned by someone working around petabytes of > data..) > 7) vdev evacuation as an upgrade path (which may depend or take advantage > of zfs resize/shrink code) > 8) zfs restore/repair tools (being worked on already?) > 9) Timeslider ported to kde4.2 ( *cough* couldn't resist, but put this on > the list) > 10) Did I miss something.. > > #2 Currently planning and collecting as much information for the proposal > as possible. Today all ufs + solaris grub2 issues were resolved and will > likely be committed to upstream soon. There is a one liner fix in the > solaris kernel also needed, but that can be binary hacked worst case. > > #5/9 This also may be possible for an outside project.. either web showcase > or tighter desktop integration.. > > The rest may just be too difficult in a two month period, not something > which can go upstream or not enough time to really plan well enough.. Even > if this isn't done for gsoc it may still be possible for the community to > pursue some of these.. > > To be a mentor will most likely require answering daily/weekly technical > questions, ideally being on irc and having patience. On top of this I'll be > available to help as much as technically possible, keep the student > motivated and the projects on schedule. > > ./Christopher > > I know plenty of "home users" would like the ability to add a single disk to a raid-z vdev in order to grow a disk at a time. --Tim
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