> Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Why do you think an iSCSI HBA would be of any benefit to anything > > other than the target mode side as a server? > > > Mostly for deploying servers that are diskless, quickly. No need to > depend on another server (other than the iSCSI target) to get servers up > without a lot of fusing around. Diskless + the software initiator seems > like a lot of fusing around to get one server up. I mean I could be > wrong, I'm not really sure how the FreeBSD software initiator works or > if it's actual optimized and stable. If it's as easy as setting up a > DHCP and TFTP server just to boot the kernel, then mount the iSCSI > volume, that might be an option. But right now, if an iSCSI HBA driver > was available it might be the more reliable way to go. Again, I could > be way off base. We use FreeBSD in all of our server clusters now, most > via RAID1 mirrors on every server, I'd like to stay with FreeBSD, but > sometimes it's lack of support for new server beneficial drivers make > that choice hard to make.
we have been running diskless clients for a few hundred work stations, so i think i have some experience :-) 1- setting a diskless freebsd is far easier than linux 2- it's by far much easier to manage. btw, the majority of ws are running linux. being involved with the iSCSI initiator for FreeBSD, I can't see where this can help for a diskless host, or in other words, what's wrong with NFS? also, the TOE cards are not that cheep either :-) my 2c, danny _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"