-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Xin Li,
thank you a lot for joining this discussion, much appreciated. On 03.05.2011 20:58, Xin LI wrote: > iet is a ported version of Linux "iSCSI Enterprise Target" by QuadStor > systems (Shivaram Upadhyayula; cc'ed). It's not based on FreeBSD's > Linux compatibility layer, though, and therefore I believe that it would > work on Debian/kFreeBSD without much changes. I am not concerned about portability, I'm pretty optimistic it could be ported straightforward to kfreebsd. I am curious whether we can assume, you as upstream source provider of this patch are confident to maintain it over a long term, a tight integration into FreeBSD's/FreeNAS iSCSI concept would be such an indicator. See this is definitively not a trivial patch and I'm unsure whether your upstream source (i.e. the iscsitarget project, also invited to join this discussion - please start on http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2011/05/msg00001.html) is interested to merge your patch for example. Once this patch would enter Debian Stable we would have to provide security patches for roughly 3 years, perhaps even more and moreover we would rely on you porting every now and then your patch to a new upstream version or adapt it to new FreeBSD kernels if necessary. > Our initial test on iet have shown very good performance, but that test > does not cover using ZFS zvol volumes. Currently FreeNAS is still using > istgt as its iSCSI implementation and with some tuning it can saturate > GigE in our test. Sounds great. Do you have plans to support ZFS volumes within a forseeable time frame? > Personally I'd prefer iet more, as its configuration is more > understandable for people with some experience with other iSCSI > products, but for licensing reasons it might not be a good choice for > inclusion in FreeBSD base system unless there is some very appealing > reasons, as people can always install a new version of iet from ports. That's exactly my point, see my concerns above. Moreover I personally would prefer iet as well, as I know it from Linux where it is best known for its stability and performance and it exists in Debian already. - -- with kind regards, Arno Töll GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNwFyWAAoJEMcrUe6dgPNtYNcP/iBRVr4INR//CGTgJLufXwbk VBMeDy12bMLbFf+B0uJRA9ohmpKyaNgLKxHDuLovW7WOh32EvjQHqkX7yPjMIc8c GEZR9IjcsxAVKiBu3YLukk+K64gwUb/hVcPuY8WOYWfkNfdL766ZKfpYqIft+5Jk sitoTaJg0xd8GB35FEOFkJnlbxYN5NcTbfuifeyzfK3+DCEAw1WQWTwLGWQjybjx dTBcSx8C8f7UP/7owTIepgZLbr+Yz+YBsXgq6Ki8g+t2Z3h5amhmdoWhDtnXZO4h Uin3dIqaNe+slt6IAgRD5bm8aNm+kVOJJimmKZvrmcyjtYbmtUAo3QdvmV/Y01Pq 00+3LAZyaUEy9fV3tSglE5qjKvC2tdrtxDdmBaQWGpcIuReD64y02xE2MqcnxIfa 3OKYNplmuQ8oSEogu/H5SDrGUvHZasbh16cgHjzWflYtn+R8EbzSXIe7F62TTbZp fHhl/A1/D+4QSnw26u6hnDvOzG/U6dLl86tZzXRx+ogMhxLA9Y5Z5Qtf/P/N/1q3 GWLGZVFBR92wKP3trWv5AIzOQcxxgKU6I3y16Al1cnszU74Pthm1FoH056QX0n/l SLzAcDvMLTxURdGmT+9S9oDPERH2dyoQ3sTM4sRA2g33CB6v44+RL2KrjkM+leWR IgRvuefnnZI+VIxUpVMf =bn0D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dc05c97.1020...@toell.net