Re: More on Linux and iSCSI [info, not flame :)]

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:34:00 -0600


On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:36:50PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> So I thought I would inject some info into the discussion. :)
>
> Oliver Xymoron (and others?) mentioned that one could do iSCSI in
> userspace. Well, Intel has code at
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/intel-iscsi

The included userspace server is largely proof-of-concept code and
could do with a fair amount of rounding out. Things this could use to
make it interesting:

- authentication
- run-time configuration
- ability to serve from files and block devices (MD, LVM, crypto-loop)
- ability to serve from /dev/sgX interfaces with native SCSI (tapes, CDRW..)

Don't know what the state of interop with other initiators is though.

I'll also point out that for many Linux<->Linux purposes, nbd is a workable
substitute.

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