On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Yonah Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The disadvantage of AOE is that it is Ethernet, Layer II, and not routable. > iSCSI is an IP protocol and so you can use it even over a WAN. > > Although AOE sounds like a good idea, it is not very supported. Only one > company I've ever heard of makes commercial AOE devices. iSCSI on the other > hand is supported by every major storage company so I suppose it is much > more mature and stable.
Sounds like killer arguments in favoure of iSCSI (anyone heard of vendor lock-in? :). About iSCSI - does anyone know how well SQLite behaves on top of linux software iSCSI partitions? (It relies heavily on PROPER file-level locking). Cheers, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
