[Linux-cluster] Announce: GNBD 2.99.13 release

[Fabio M. Di Nitto]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Ray Burkholder wrote:

>> as of today GNBD has been removed from cluster.git master
>> branch and made into a standalone, community driven, project
>> and it will not be part of cluster-2.99.xx (and higher) releases.
>>
>> The main reason for splitting, and somehow sign the
>> end-of-life of GNBD is that there are many, more powerful and
>> recognized standard technologies out there that should be
>> used in place of GNBD.
>>
>
> Would you be able to provide some information on what you forsee to be the
> 'more powerful and recognized standard technologies'?

iSCSI, AOE and probably others that are recognized by hw vendors as 
standard protocol for their products.

Fabio

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