iscsi support does not exist yet. Maybe try FreeBSD or OpenSolaris.
Friedrich Locke wrote:
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 <rop...@gmail.com> wrote:
2009/6/3 Friedrich Locke <friedrich.lo...@gmail.com>:
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
