Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
* Danny Braniss da...@cs.huji.ac.il [2009-04-08 15:54:25 +0300]: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz I install this to freebsd 7.1 i386. Target from zfs solaris 10 sparc64 iscontrol -c /etc/iscsi.conf -n myiscsi Get loop creating da devices kill iscontrol don`t work, kill -9 don`t work too. kldunload -f iscsi_initiator.ko fail system after 10-15 second (celeron 2000) What can i do to get more info or solve problem? -- alexs ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
* Danny Braniss da...@cs.huji.ac.il [2009-04-08 15:54:25 +0300]: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz I install this to freebsd 7.1 i386. Target from zfs solaris 10 sparc64 iscontrol -c /etc/iscsi.conf -n myiscsi Get loop creating ad devices kill iscontrol don`t work, kill -9 don`t work too. kldunload -f iscsi_initiator.ko fail system after 10-15 second (celeron 2000) What can i do to get more info or solve problem? -- alexs ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
* Danny Braniss da...@cs.huji.ac.il [2009-04-08 15:54:25 +0300]: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz I install this to freebsd 7.1 i386. Target from zfs solaris 10 sparc64 iscontrol -c /etc/iscsi.conf -n myiscsi Get loop creating ad devices kill iscontrol don`t work, kill -9 don`t work too. kldunload -f iscsi_initiator.ko fail system after 10-15 second (celeron 2000) What can i do to get more info or solve problem? -- alexs ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --enig90DADA8437A99D893FB775F8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Danny Braniss wrote: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a= lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't= paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI= support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html= I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz Thanks! Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the new version, any significant changes or improvements? mainly fixed some bugs, and some code cleanup. give it a spin, and let me know what target you are testing. btw, the default tag opening is a bit concervative (1), you might want to change it to somewhat larger, say 64 or 128. cheers, danny ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Trying to build 2.1.1 on a CURRENT results in this: === iscsi/initiator (all) cc -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -Werror -D_KERNEL -DKLD_MODULE -nostdinc -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC/opt_global.h -I. -I@ -I@/contrib/altq -finline-limit=8000 --param inline-unit-growth=100 --param large-function-growth=1000 -fno-common -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -I/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone -mfpmath=387 -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -mno-sse3 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow -msoft-float -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -std=iso9899:1999 -fstack-protector -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual -Wundef -Wno-pointer-sign -fformat-extensions -c /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c: In function 'iscsi_open': /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:120: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:122: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:126: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c: In function 'iscsi_close': /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:149: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:154: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c: In function 'iscsi_ioctl': /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:184: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:210: error: invalid operands to binary /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c: In function 'iscsi_read': /usr/src/sys/modules/iscsi/initiator/../../../dev/iscsi/initiator/iscsi.c:290: error: invalid operands to binary /glz --On April 9, 2009 10:43:06 +0300 Danny Braniss da...@cs.huji.ac.il wrote: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --enig90DADA8437A99D893FB775F8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Danny Braniss wrote: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a= lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't= paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI= support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.htm l= I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz Thanks! Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the new version, any significant changes or improvements? mainly fixed some bugs, and some code cleanup. give it a spin, and let me know what target you are testing. btw, the default tag opening is a bit concervative (1), you might want to change it to somewhat larger, say 64 or 128. cheers, danny ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ... the future isMobile Goran Lowkrantz goran.lowkra...@ismobile.com System Architect, isMobile AB Sandviksgatan 81, PO Box 58, S-971 03 Luleå, Sweden Mobile: +46(0)70-587 87 82 http://www.ismobile.com ... ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Robert Blayzor wrote: On Apr 7, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? If you're looking for production ready iSCSI initiator support in FreeBSD, do yourself a favor, save some time, and look into something else. Seriously, we went down this road just recently testing both FreeBSD 7.0/7.1 amd64 on various Dell servers with Intel (em) Gig-E NIC's and it was very easy to basically get the box to lock up solid and/or panic. Our targets were both Netapp and Equallogic iSCSI SAN's. We didn't have a lot of time to debug it, our setup was pretty simple.. yet when we tried to run various simulated real world load on it the boxes just caved. Even with jumbo frames enabled on the NIC's the performance was mediocre at best. Unfortunately due a time constraint we had to move the clients to CentOS 5.2/5.3 and things have been very good so far. I was hoping that FreeBSD's iSCSI support was a bit more solid, or at least hoping that the (isp) driver had support for the QLogic iSCSI HBA's... no luck. I have a feeling this is because the ISCSI initiator in FreeBSD hasn't been updated since 2007. There have been patches and new development but nothing committed and/or MFC-ed. I'm just starting to evaluate it, so I can't say anything about its stability yet. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Danny Braniss wrote:
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Danny Braniss wrote:
Garance A Drosihn wrote:
Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a=
lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800),
and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't=
paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily
for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for
iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine?
I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI=
support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are
apparently some announcements of a newer version:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html=
I can't find any more information on it.
the latest is in:
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz
Thanks!
Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the new
version, any significant changes or improvements?
mainly fixed some bugs, and some code cleanup.
give it a spin, and let me know what target you are testing.
btw, the default tag opening is a bit concervative (1), you might want to
change it to somewhat larger, say 64 or 128.
Hi,
camcontrol tags hangs:
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3 at iscsi0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3: FreeBSD iSCSI DISK 0001 Fixed
Direct Access SCSI-5 device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): lost device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): removing device entry
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# ls /dev/da*
/dev/da0 /dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1a /dev/da0s1b /dev/da0s1c
/dev/da1 /dev/da3
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# camcontrol tags da3
The configuration is:
target0 {
targetaddress = 161.53.72.65
targetname = iqn.2007-09.jp.ne.peach:disk1
tags = 16
}
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Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Danny Braniss wrote:
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Danny Braniss wrote:
Garance A Drosihn wrote:
Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes=
a=3D
lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800)=
,
and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven=
't=3D
paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily
for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for
iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine?
I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSC=
SI=3D
support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are
apparently some announcements of a newer version:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.ht=
ml=3D
I can't find any more information on it.
the latest is in:
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz
Thanks!
Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the new
version, any significant changes or improvements?
mainly fixed some bugs, and some code cleanup.
=20
give it a spin, and let me know what target you are testing.
btw, the default tag opening is a bit concervative (1), you might want =
to
change it to somewhat larger, say 64 or 128.
Hi,
camcontrol tags hangs:
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3 at iscsi0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3: FreeBSD iSCSI DISK 0001 Fixed
Direct Access SCSI-5 device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): lost device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): removing device en=
try
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# ls /dev/da*
/dev/da0 /dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1a /dev/da0s1b /dev/da0s1c
/dev/da1 /dev/da3
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# camcontrol tags da3
The configuration is:
target0 {
targetaddress =3D 161.53.72.65
targetname =3D iqn.2007-09.jp.ne.peach:disk1
tags =3D 16
}
Q: what kernel?
Q: what target?
btw, without the camcontrol tags, is it working?
danny
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Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
2009/4/9 Danny Braniss da...@cs.huji.ac.il:
The configuration is:
target0 {
targetaddress =3D 161.53.72.65
targetname =3D iqn.2007-09.jp.ne.peach:disk1
tags =3D 16
}
Q: what kernel?
Q: what target?
7-STABLE AMD64.
btw, without the camcontrol tags, is it working?
It appears it can be made to hang under some circumstances, possibly
if there is a spelling error in the configuration file.
After a reboot, both regular usage and camcontrol tags work.
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Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
On Thursday 09 April 2009 10:32:05 am Danny Braniss wrote:
Danny Braniss wrote:
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Danny Braniss wrote:
Garance A Drosihn wrote:
Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which
makes=
a=3D
lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire
800)=
,
and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I
haven=
't=3D
paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it
heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much
changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support
working fine?
I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of
iSC=
SI=3D
support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there
are apparently some announcements of a newer version:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/00383
4.ht=
ml=3D
I can't find any more information on it.
the latest is in:
http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz
Thanks!
Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the
new version, any significant changes or improvements?
mainly fixed some bugs, and some code cleanup.
=20
give it a spin, and let me know what target you are testing.
btw, the default tag opening is a bit concervative (1), you might
want =
to
change it to somewhat larger, say 64 or 128.
Hi,
camcontrol tags hangs:
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3 at iscsi0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
Apr 9 15:36:36 terminator kernel: da3: FreeBSD iSCSI DISK 0001
Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): lost device
Apr 9 15:36:38 terminator kernel: (da2:iscsi0:0:0:0): removing
device en= try
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# ls /dev/da*
/dev/da0 /dev/da0s1 /dev/da0s1a /dev/da0s1b /dev/da0s1c
/dev/da1 /dev/da3
terminator:~ivoras/temp/sbin/iscontrol# camcontrol tags da3
The configuration is:
target0 {
targetaddress =3D 161.53.72.65
targetname =3D iqn.2007-09.jp.ne.peach:disk1
tags =3D 16
}
Q: what kernel?
From his previous message it looks like 7-STABLE amd64
Q: what target?
From the targetname it looks like the recently committed net/istgt running
on another FreeBSD machine.
btw, without the camcontrol tags, is it working?
That one I can't infer. :)
JN
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Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
2009/4/9 John Nielsen li...@jnielsen.net: Q: what kernel? From his previous message it looks like 7-STABLE amd64 Q: what target? From the targetname it looks like the recently committed net/istgt running on another FreeBSD machine. Correct on both :) ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz cheers, danny ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Danny Braniss wrote: Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I suppose you are interested in the client (initiator) side of iSCSI support. It hasn't changed much between 7.x and 8.x but there are apparently some announcements of a newer version: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-March/003834.html I can't find any more information on it. the latest is in: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~danny/ftp/freebsd/iscsi-2.1.1.tar.gz Thanks! Is there anything in particular you'd like to get tested in the new version, any significant changes or improvements? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
On Apr 7, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? If you're looking for production ready iSCSI initiator support in FreeBSD, do yourself a favor, save some time, and look into something else. Seriously, we went down this road just recently testing both FreeBSD 7.0/7.1 amd64 on various Dell servers with Intel (em) Gig-E NIC's and it was very easy to basically get the box to lock up solid and/or panic. Our targets were both Netapp and Equallogic iSCSI SAN's. We didn't have a lot of time to debug it, our setup was pretty simple.. yet when we tried to run various simulated real world load on it the boxes just caved. Even with jumbo frames enabled on the NIC's the performance was mediocre at best. Unfortunately due a time constraint we had to move the clients to CentOS 5.2/5.3 and things have been very good so far. I was hoping that FreeBSD's iSCSI support was a bit more solid, or at least hoping that the (isp) driver had support for the QLogic iSCSI HBA's... no luck. YMMV -- Robert Blayzor, BOFH INOC, LLC rblay...@inoc.net http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
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Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? -- Garance Alistair Drosehn= g...@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or g...@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituteor dro...@rpi.edu ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD and iSCSI for disks.
Garance A Drosihn wrote: Some friends of mine are looking at the new DroboPro, which makes a lot of disk space available via iSCSI (in addition to firewire 800), and they were wondering how well iSCSI works with FreeBSD. I haven't paid attention to iSCSI support. Is there anyone using it heavily for disk-storage under FreeBSD? Has there been much changed for iSCSI support in the 8.x branch, or is 7.x support working fine? I have some experience with net/istgt port and it looks solid compared to OpenBSD implementation net/iscsi-target. Of course your milage may wary. net/istgt This is an iSCSI target, it serves iSCSI protocol and provides SCSI devices to the initiator (client). WWW:http://shell.peach.ne.jp/aoyama/ ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
