Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008, Ox Technology wrote:
>   
>
>> I'm a little confused though. There appears to be an iSCSI target 
>> project (albeit notes last updated last year I think), and the 
>> COMSTAR project (which i'm not sure if iSCSI support is ready(?) 
>> yet)..
>>     
>
> COMSTAR is to allow Solaris to provide SAN type service (i.e. fiber 
> channel).  This is currently bleeding edge.  For this you would need 
> fiber channel or use fiber channel over ethernet (FCoE), which is even 
> more bleeding edge in OpenSolaris.
>   

COMSTAR will also support iSCSI in the near future (much nearer than 
FCoE).  With a suitable file server, backing store and networking 
infrastructure you should easily be able to sustain 500MB/s.  The iSCSI 
support is part of the iSER project: 
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/iser/

-Peter

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