Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-26 Thread Yonah Russ
No personal experience but iSCSI is a block level protocol so this should depend on the filesystem you are running. Theoretically it is the same as running any filesystem on a regular scsi device. Yonah On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 25,

AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Dan Shimshoni
Hello, Linux-il gurus, I have to decide between two options of exporting block devices on a LAN (same subnet for clients and server) : one is with iSCSI target and iSCSI initiator. The second is with AOE. I am talking about using software tools only, not using special hardware. I had tested AOE

RE: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread ronys
. Cheers, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: AOE and iSCSI (software only) Hello, Linux-il gurus, I have to decide between two

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Lev Olshvang
targets. Cheers, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: AOE and iSCSI (software only) Hello, Linux-il gurus, I have

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Yonah Russ
need more info on setting up iSCSI initiators targets. Cheers, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: AOE and iSCSI

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Amos Shapira
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Yonah Russ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The disadvantage of AOE is that it is Ethernet, Layer II, and not routable. iSCSI is an IP protocol and so you can use it even over a WAN. Although AOE sounds like a good idea, it is not very supported. Only one company