Add ZFSguru status report.
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<p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This
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report contains 18 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
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report contains 19 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p>
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<p>The deadline for submissions covering between July and
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September 2014 is October 7th, 2014.</p>
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<sponsor>The &os; Foundation</sponsor>
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</project>
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<project cat='proj'>
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<title>ZFSguru</title>
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<contact>
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<person>
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<name>
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<given>Jason</given>
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<common>Edwards</common>
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</name>
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<email>sub.mesa@gmail.com</email>
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</person>
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</contact>
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<links>
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<url href="http://zfsguru.com" />
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</links>
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<body>
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<p>ZFSguru is a multifunctional server appliance with a strong
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emphasis on storage. ZFSguru began as simple web-interface
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frontend to ZFS, but has since grown into a &os; derivative
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with its own infrastructure. The scope of the project has
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also grown with the inclusion of add-on packages that add
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functionality beyond the traditional NAS functionality found
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in similar product like FreeNAS and NAS4Free. ZFSguru aims to
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be a true multifunctional server appliance that is extremely
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easy to setup and can unite both novice and more experienced
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users in a single user interface. The modular nature of the
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project combats the danger of bloat, whilst still allowing
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extended functionality to be easily deployed.</p>
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<p>Where development in the first quarter of this year brought
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drag-and-drop permissions for Samba and NFS, development in
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the second quarter focused on strengthening the infrastructure
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of the project. A new library and toolkit solution dubbed
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'Mesa' is in the works, providing a cleaner foundation to the
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project. A new master server providing secure remote services
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is being setup, to be located in a high-speed datacenter. But
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most importantly, a new system build infrastructure has shown
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great progress and will soon be able to provide automated
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system builds to our users. This not only improves the
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frequency of system releases but also frees much developer
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time to be spent on different areas of the project.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, a new website and forum is being worked at,
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replacing the old-fashioned website that offers only limited
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functionality. The new website will be linked to the server
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database, providing real-time updates about the project.</p>
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<p>In addition, a new platform for collaborated development is
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in the works. A service addon has been created for the GitLab
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project, which is a drop-in replacement of the popular GitHub
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website. The choice was made to host our own solution and not
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rely on GitHub itself. In retrospect this appears to be a good
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decision. The recent development where GitHub removed projects
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after DCMA-takedowns being sent is incompatible with the
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philosophy of free-flow-of-information, which the ZFSguru
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project is a strong proponent of. By hosting our own solution,
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we have avoided any dependency on third party projects.</p>
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<p>It is expected that after the infrastructure of the project
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has been revamped, work on the web-interface itself can
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continue. New functionality such as GuruDB and Service
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Bulletins provide a tighter connection between the server
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infrastructure and the web-interface. The Migration Manager
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is one of the last remaining features still missing in the
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web-interface. This functionality provides an easy way to
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upgrade the current system by performing a new clean
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installation, but migrate all relevant configuration to the
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new installation. It also allows to 'backup' all system
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configuration in a single file to be stored on a different
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machine should things go awry.</p>
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<p>A longer version of this status report giving a wider
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perspective on the project, can be found <url
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xlink:href="http://zfsguru.com/news/stateoftheproject/2014">here</url>.</p>
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</body>
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</project>
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</report>
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