Tracy Reed wrote: > On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 11:45:46PM -0400, Derek J. Balling spake thusly: > >> I just mean that in some environments "where you need the storage to >> sit" and "where you need the servers that need the storage to sit" end >> up requiring some sort of routed topology, which eliminates AoE as an >> option, given that flat-network requirement. >> > > For those rare cases when you need your SATA/SCSI cable (which is > essentially what a SAN is) routed to another physical location there > is software available to tunnel ethernet to wherever you need it > routed. I find this to be far more attractive than making everyone > have to deal with a protocol bloated by those afraid of not being able > to route. It is in harmony with the UNIX/Internet philosophy of using > small tools/separate layers to do different jobs. I also like the > security implications of non-routable disk traffic. Fibrechannel isn't > routable and for some reason nobody brings up these issues when > fibrechannel is recommended. > >
FC actually is routable. I've never needed to route it, so I can't speak to how it works, but the feature's there. -- -- Skylar Thompson ([email protected]) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/
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