On Wed, 28 Nov 2007, Peter Dunlap wrote:
> I'd like to propose a new Opensolaris project to implement iSCSI
> Extensions for RDMA (iSER).
>
> Project Synopsis:
> iSCSI Extensions for Remote DMA (iSER)
+1
.. a great addition to OpenSolaris. :)
> Project Description:
>
> The project would deliver an initiator and target implementation of iSER
> and would use Infiniband as the underlying transport. iSER accelerates
> the iSCSI protocol by mapping the data transfer phases to RDMA
> operations. As a result an iSER initiator should be able to read and
> write data from an iSER target at high data rates with relatively low
> CPU utilization compared to iSCSI using TCP/IP. As a sub-task of the
> iSER target implementation this project will develop and contribute an
> Comstar iSCSI port provider implementation for the Comstar project.
>
> I'd like to request endorsement by the Storage and HPC Developer
> communities.
>
> Project leaders:
>
> Peter Dunlap
> Dan Maslowski
> Carla Mowers
> Jesse Butler
> Priya Krishnan
>
> _______________________________________________
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/
Graduate from "sugar-coating school"? Sorry - I never attended! :)
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