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,

RE: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread ronys
Hi, For a LAN, AOE seems to have less overhead, so performance *might* be better (assuming the network is the bottleneck). iSCSI is much more popular in the industry, though. My experience is with iSCSI - feel free to ask me if you need more info on setting up iSCSI initiators targets.

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Lev Olshvang
ronys wrote: Hi, For a LAN, AOE seems to have less overhead, so performance *might* be better (assuming the network is the bottleneck). iSCSI is much more popular in the industry, though. My experience is with iSCSI - feel free to ask me if you need more info on setting up iSCSI initiators

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Yonah Russ
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 I've ever heard of makes commercial AOE devices. iSCSI on the other hand is

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