[JNK] Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS with ATA/IDE drives

[CC]

Ken:

I'm also considering getting coraid EtherDrive -- www.coraid.com. The use
ATA over Ethernet (AoE), and have drivers for Linux 2.4/2.6 that will make
each drive appear a local drive. Basically you attach the Coraid server to a
GigE switch and all the computers attached are able to see the drives as
local drives.

How would GFS work under such an implementation (it's close to something
like the one GFS server you suggested). Will one still need to use iSCSI or
GNDB? 




-----Original Message-----
From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ken Preslan
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:36 PM
To: Erik Tews
Cc: Discussion of clustering software components including GFS
Subject: [JNK] Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS with ATA/IDE drives

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:21:23PM +0200, Erik Tews wrote:
> Was there any special reason for inventing GNBD instead of just using 
> iSCSI for network storage? Is it somehow faster or more relyable?

GNBD is about 4 years old.  It's worked for a long time.  Long before you
could get an iSCSI client for Linux.

Will iSCSI get to the point where GNBD is obsolete and is dropped?
Perhaps.

--
Ken Preslan <kpreslan at redhat.com>

--
Linux-cluster mailing list
Linux-cluster at redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster