Note that NVMe-oF is GA'd as a part of tentacle. Earlier releases are limited/might not work.
Regards, Aviv -----Original Message----- From: Eugen Block via dev <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 13 April 2026 13:26 To: Ernesto Puerta <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ceph-users] Status of iSCSI-Gateway Yeah that's my first suspicion as well (HugePages), I'm gonna look into it. Thanks a lot! Zitat von Ernesto Puerta <[email protected]>: > Maybe you're hitting issues configuring HugePages inside a VM? In any > case, there's an #nvmeof Slack channel and the team is always quick to > respond over there. > > Kind Regards, > Ernesto > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM Eugen Block <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> thanks for your quick response. >> >> The reason I'm asking about iSCSI is because I have been able to >> deploy and use it in earlier releases (the last one was probably >> Pacific), but I'm struggling with deploying NVMe-oF in a virtual lab >> cluster. I haven't had the time to really dig into it yet, so there's >> definitely a knowledge gap I need to close. Until I made some >> progress with NVMe-oF I thought maybe iSCSI could still be used. The >> use case is to grant access to an air-gapped Ceph cluster. >> >> Thanks! >> Eugen >> >> Zitat von Ernesto Puerta <[email protected]>: >> >> > Hey Eugen, >> > >> > AFAIK the Ceph NVMe-oF Gateway superseded the iSCSI one: it's >> > actively maintained, more performant, scalable, secure and better >> > integrated with the Ceph management & observability framework. >> > >> > I'm curious: what's the target platform/use case for iSCSI that >> > NVMe/TCP cannot fulfill? >> > >> > Kind Regards, >> > Ernesto >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM Eugen Block via ceph-users < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> could someone clarify if using iscsi via cephadm is still >> >> supported or not? According to [0] it's "in maintenance" since >> >> November 2022, so no active development. But it's still documented >> >> in all active releases and can be deployed in Squid or Tentacle >> >> (though I haven't checked if it actually works). >> >> Is it still supported to use iSCSI? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Eugen >> >> >> >> [0] >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.ceph.com >> >> _en_latest_rbd_iscsi-2Doverview_-23ceph-2Discsi&d=DwIFaQ&c=BSDicqB >> >> QBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ&r=Im4omk4NdceLPvgb6sEXw3r6y71Z9JDuTGk4GMFulW0&m=VD >> >> MpTn9kP-I6POYWFAW6K418IPSCrPIGEyC5M22ibV2sgB49EZVv3TE0VYFRXwsN&s=S >> >> pUmSLpyOcc2_lfh9pDoVoVxJCEwgOwDDvLgQah7Sl4&e= >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> ceph-users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send >> >> an email to [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
