Showing Tux some love, IT heavyweight HP has decided to offer its Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System (AdvFS) source code to the open source community. The code, which will be provided under the terms of General Public License Version 2, includes capabilities that increase uptime, enhance security and help ensure maximum performance of Linux file systems. Now developed by HP, AdvFS simplifies file and storage management, enables online system backups and increases data availability.

"HP's contribution accelerates the development of future Linux file systems, ensuring enhanced system performance to meet our increasingly demanding needs, said Professor Giovanni Aloisio, chief executive officer of the Italian Southern Partnership for Advance Computational Infrastructures (SPACI) in southern Italy. "Linux is playing a significant role in our building of a supercomputing grid environment running HP Integrity servers. We have used many technologies over the years, including Tru64 UNIX with the Advanced File System, and this announcement assures SPACI of continued Linux growth to conduct significant new research."

The Tru64 UNIX Advanced File System source code, design documentation and test suites are now available at advfs.sourceforge.net.