Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 16 Jan 10:
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Why Does iSCSI Use TCP Instead of IP ?
26 November 2009 By 12 Comments
The Case Against FCoE and Fibrechannel – A Reasonably Complete View
20 April 2009 By 10 Comments
A number of storage bloggers have been questioning the relevance of FCoE and why would you bother with it. Given the size of marketing budgets pushing FCoE and the reality distortion this generates, lets look at the case AGAINST FCoE.
FCoE and the Return of Spanning Tree
14 March 2009 By 9 Comments
Article: The Future of Storage – Seven Fundamental Reasons Why FCoE Will Fail
20 May 2008 By Leave a Comment
iSCSI Network Designs: Part 5 – iSCSI Multipathing, Host Bus Adapters, High Availability and Redundancy
16 May 2008 By 3 Comments
In iSCSI Part 3 – Server Side – iSCSI Host Bus Adapters and IP Performance I looked at how server side issues would affect the traffic generated on a per server basis. I recommended that you use iSCSI HBAs for high intensity servers to meet the high levels of performance.
The next level is evaluate how the server should connect to the network, specifically, this means how many ethernet ports you need, and what configuration is needed to support them to deliver high availability / redundancy and increased bandwidth.
Don’t Tell Me iSCSI Is Complicated if Fibrechannel Looks Like This
14 May 2008 By 4 Comments
I am working my way through the next couple of articles on iSCSI Network Design. Its getting complicated is some ways. I noticed this article todayhttp://vinf.net/2008/04/09/how-does-an-hp-fibre-channel-virtual-connect-module-work/ explaining how Fibrechannel failover work for a HP Fibrechannel Virtual Connect in a blade server chassis. It is all rather confusing, and seemingly no more complex that the iSCSI network design.
iSCSI Network Designs: Part 4 – Fibrechannel Integration
11 May 2008 By Leave a Comment
Its possible that you would already have some Fibrechannel in your estate. Perhaps the cost of Fibrechannel for some new servers is too much when you calculate the HBA and Fibrechannel switch port costs, or you don’t need the complexity of Fibrechannel for a simple server setup. Lets look at options for connecting to the Fibrechannel nteworks.
iSCSI Network Designs: Part 3 – Server Side – iSCSI Host Bus Adapters and IP Performance
6 May 2008 By 1 Comment
I have been researching iSCSI impementations on the server to try and understand the dfference between them and to come to grips with how they work. This article looks to compare the various methods of connecting to a iSCSI network. It seems that many people do not know or understand that the generation and transmission [...]
Network Dictionary – iSCSI
2 May 2008 By Leave a Comment
iSCSI Network Designs: Part 2 – Simple Scaling
30 April 2008 By Leave a Comment
We have looked at a simple iSCSI network solution in iSCSI Network Designs Part 1. We have kept the storage traffic separated from our data for operational reasons. But we are limited to 1GB/s and the port density of the switch.
iSCSI Network Designs: Part 1 – Introduction and Basics
29 April 2008 By 5 Comments
I am working on a Data Centre that has more than 500 servers and we are considering what our storage strategy should be. This is why I have been looking at FCoE and iSCSI and establishing the benefits (or not). My next few posts will be a “stream of consciousness” on possible designs for an [...]
