Channeling Ethernet will not make it any faster. Each individual connection will be limited to 1gbit. iSCSI with mpxio may work, nfs will not. On Nov 12, 2010 9:26 AM, "Eugen Leitl" <eu...@leitl.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:03:08AM -0500, 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, > > So bundle four of those. Or use IB, assuming ESX can handle IB. > >> but it's overkill and why is it so bloody expensive? Why is there nothing >> in between? Is there something in between? 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)? > > Why do you think 10 GBit Ethernet is expensive? An Intel NIC is 200 EUR, > and a crossover cable is enough. No need for a 10 GBit switch. > > -- > Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
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