Hi Frank, May I also suggest an alternative for iSCSI target? We had a very good experience with open-iscsi and NexentaStor [1]. At the beginning we had problems with single-threaded traffic latency but the ultimate fix was on Linux side to ensure that io scheduler is set to "noop":
# echo noop > /sys/block/sd*/queue/scheduler Once set, we saturated physical networking connection with small block sizes in single-threaded scenario. NexentaStor also is very good candidate for CIFS workgroups/AD environments with the whole SMB stack implemented in the kernel, which boosts performance over the top. And as far as iSCSI target - I would recommend to use COMSTAR, which is ZFS integrated in Nexenta [2]. [1] http://www.nexenta.com/products [2] http://blogs.nexenta.org/blog/2009/03/03/nexenta-iscsi-with-comstarzfs-integration/ Frank Bonnet wrote: > Hello > > I'm setting up a Samba server that will use iSCSI to access > some shares on a NetAPP filer ( FAS 2050 ) > > I would like to know if some of you has already build such > configuration and if there are some tricks to optimize it. > > The Linux server is a HP Proliant quad CPU and runs > Debian Lenny, it has 16 Gb of RAM. > > Thanks a lot. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To post to this group, send email to open-iscsi@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to open-iscsi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
