Network Dictionary — iSCSI
May 2, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
iSCSI — (eye-scuzzee)
- a protocol designed to transport SCSI block data across an IP network thus allowing a single network infrastructure.
- a protocol used by networking teams so they don’t have to understand storage (thanks to Jeff Darcy at Pl.atyp.us)
compare with Fibrechannel
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