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On 11/12/2010 10:03 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > Since combining ZFS storage backend, via nfs or iscsi, with ESXi > heads, I?m in love. But for one thing. The interconnect between > the head & storage. > > > > 1G Ether is so cheap, but not as fast as desired. 10G ether is > fast enough, but it?s overkill and why is it so bloody expensive? > Why is there nothing in between? Is there something in between? > I suppose you could try multiple 1G interfaces bonded together - Does the ESXi hypervisor support LACP aggregations? I'm not sure it will help though, given the algorithms that LACP can use to distribute the traffic. -Kyle > Is there a better option? I mean ? sata is cheap, and it?s 3g or > 6g, but it?s not suitable for this purpose. But the point > remains, there isn?t a fundamental limitation that **requires** 10G > to be expensive, or **requires** a leap directly from 1G to 10G. I > would very much like to find a solution which is a good fit? to > attach ZFS storage to vmware. > > > > What are people using, as interconnect, to use ZFS storage on > ESX(i)? > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing > list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM3VycAAoJEEADRM+bKN5wh9cIAJNFlr99ue2Bd2l/GBFOHY4y IJ7Z0N6oWtKsHmNoCfepbLa9NU1VdHfaICFXq7TXBJnzjMECUu6gfsW/dK+3tgBv 1jcpx5+pxk4yAYA0znBUn+ro57bZH6PDV/tZzy4ZU0M/uLQtHGpD2wZF+qj3b9MC ieG6ywkt9YiOzOvOk7X7oTwi+iQQeKRXKVi+02vxeuN8PWRkD2NtHGbfLlp3f3en LNZx0hD0gOXBMSW3xRKTAJv0ioNRptRI0ZVc1a5+0daksioOlhdeMl+2tV2zCb8h qmnrj+H1RlWORPAWPo9QsQPLBBGixkcy7Yavj+XZz9nHanHAbtUt5z5j/hKsvAM= =dDzv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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