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 _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
