I am planing this: With iSCSI i would like to implement on OpenBSD server (target) and various boxes linux, win and openbsd too, i.e., they (the clients) would be the initiators.
That simple like that. So, the question is: Does OBSD support iSCSI (both target and initiator)? I am really in need of that, may some one help me? Thanks in advance. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:18 PM, ropers <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/6/3 Friedrich Locke <[email protected]>: >> Dear gentleman/madam, >> >> i would like to use openbsd in order to build a SAN solution, i.e., >> one that provides block access to the box's disks. >> I want to build a SAN, not a NAS. Is it possible? >> >> Thank in advance. > > I'm no expert, and I've never worked with SANs, but since the defining > characteristic of a SAN is that it makes remote storage devices appear > locally attached to the OS, let me ask: > > Do you want remote storage devices appear locally attached to other > OpenBSD servers, or to what kind of server? > > Granted, depending on the protocol used/design of your SAN it may not > matter much, as things like SCSI, ATA over Ethernet, etc. ought to be > OS-agnostic, but still I'm curious, and sort of trying to understand > where you're going with this. > > Also --and I apologize if this is too trivial-- if I were asked to > implement a SAN, I would first of all try to be specific and see what > protocol would be required, or, if I were able/expected to build a new > SAN from scratch and choose a protocol/decide how to implement it > myself, then I'd try to figure out what makes the short list, and in > this case, if any of those programs/drivers are available for, or can > be ported to OpenBSD. I'd e.g. look at this list: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_area_network#Network_types > and google for those technologies in the misc archives (haven't done > this, but I'm not the one gunning for a SAN). > So precisely what SAN technologies/software/hardware are you trying to > use with OpenBSD? > > For what it's worth, the opposite --accessing an existing SAN from > OpenBSD-- seems to have been discussed in the past: > http://marc.info/?t=123514246300004&r=1&w=2 > > regards, > --ropers
