[OpenIndiana-discuss] 10GigE vs Infiniband vs SCSI Target ...

[Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)]

No responses....
Anybody?


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> From: Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana)
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> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 7:35 AM
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> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 10GigE vs Infiniband vs SCSI Target ...
> 
> ZFS is great to manage backend storage in a SAN environment.  So then
> you're likely to use 10GigE, or Infiniband as the transport...
> 
> I only recently discovered SAS SFF-8088.  Gives you 4x 6Gbit buses yielding 24
> Gbit with very low overhead, low cost.  A lot of performance for the buck.
> 
> I also recently discovered Linux has something called SCST, a driver of sorts,
> that turns some linux HBA into a scsi target.  Does openindiana have
> something similar?  It would sure beat the pants off 10GigE, and while
> Infiniband would still be faster, it would be very useful to do the scsi target
> thing for smaller systems...
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