[clue] iSCSI SAN manager software?

[Chris Fedde]

I've been a fan of NFS for vmware in the past but maybe newer features
make block a better choice.  Still I might build a mid scale file
server out of freebsd and zfs.  I've never been very happy with the
way the canned NAS solutions have worked for me.

On another note.  Fully populating the disk slots on your compute node
chassis then sharing out that disk from a guest is also an interesting
option.  I still might pick freebsd and zfs as the foundation.

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
> Hi CLUEbies,
>
> I haven't worked on small-scale big-iron IT capabilities like homebrewed SAN
> for a couple of years so I feel out of the loop.  We are setting up VMware
> ESX and need a homebrewed Linux SAN.  This article
> http://www.petri.co.il/iscsi-san-vmware-esx.htm suggests OpenFiler, which
> seems like it might work.
>
> Is OpenFiler what we should use?  Does anyone out there in CLUE-land have a
> different suggestion?  I've used Linux IET (iSCSI enterprise target) before
> and it worked fine so we like the idea of iSCSI.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
> Contact info: http://www.ockers.net/
>
>
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