Raiding the Noosphere: the open development of networked RAID support for the Linux kernel

Authors:
Peter T. Breuer;Marisol García Valls
Affiliations:
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda de la Universidad, 30, Leganés, Madrid 28911, Spain;Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda de la Universidad, 30, Leganés, Madrid 28911, Spain
Venue:
Software—Practice & Experience
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The Noosphere is a term borrowed by open-source advocate Eric Raymond to denote the virtual world of the Internet. Fitting a new driver into the Linux kernel requires a ‘noospheric’ strategy as well as an engineering strategy, because the code is part of the open-source development process, not its end. This article recounts the technology and the development process followed for a ‘fast and intelligent’ driver extension to the existing Linux software RAID subsystem. The development adapts the kernel RAID subsystem for use in the context of network-attached storage. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.