Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-26 Thread Yonah Russ
No personal experience but iSCSI is a block level protocol so this should depend on the filesystem you are running. Theoretically it is the same as running any filesystem on a regular scsi device. Yonah On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Amos Shapira
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Yonah Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The disadvantage of AOE is that it is Ethernet, Layer II, and not routable. > iSCSI is an IP protocol and so you can use it even over a WAN. > > Although AOE sounds like a good idea, it is not very supported. Only one > compa

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Yonah Russ
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ] >> On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni >> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM >> To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> Subject: AOE and iSCSI (software only) >> >> Hello, Linux-il gurus, >> >> I have to

Re: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Lev Olshvang
& targets. Cheers, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: AOE and iSCSI (software only) Hello, Linux-il gurus, I hav

RE: AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread ronys
gets. Cheers, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shimshoni Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:05 AM To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Subject: AOE and iSCSI (software only) Hello, Linux-il gurus, I have to decide between

AOE and iSCSI (software only)

2008-04-24 Thread Dan Shimshoni
Hello, Linux-il gurus, I have to decide between two options of exporting block devices on a LAN (same subnet for clients and server) : one is with iSCSI target and iSCSI initiator. The second is with AOE. I am talking about using software tools only, not using special hardware. I had tested AOE