[ale] FCoE

[Lightner, Jeff]

And the benefit of that over a fibre HBA would be...?





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ed Cashin
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 10:01 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] FCoE

FCoE is nice if you have compatibility requirements, but you might
talk to one of the sales people at my employer otherwise.  Our HBA
(closed source driver) makes the (AoE) storage targets on the ethernet
network appear as SCSI, but the open source initiator for Linux makes
them appear as Linux block devices.

  http://www.coraid.com/

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looking at fiber channel over Ethernet. It's in the kernel but it's a new
> technology for me as it requires some $$$$ hardware.
>
> It looks like a good way to glue multiple devices (servers, storage) onto a
> single very high-speed connection. I'm looking at dual 10G Ethernet to a
> switch that support 10G fiber ports as well. May be getting my paws on a
> pair of NexSan satabeast chassis for storage. Thinking of gluing those into
> a KVM stack with some 10G for some high speed, high core core count cpu
> boxes. (plus some older VMWare ESX boxes on copper 1G Ethernet).
>
> Anyone have any gotchas/tips/ "Jim what the hell are you doing?!" ideas they
> want to share?
>
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
>
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> consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they
> please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.
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>
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