On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Christine Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Crazy question here... but has anyone tried this with say, a QLogic > > hardware iSCSI card? Seems like it would solve all your issues. Granted, > > they aren't free like the software stack, but if you're trying to setup an > > HA solution, the ~$800 price tag per card seems pretty darn reasonable to > > me. > > > > Not sure how this would help if one target fails. The card doesn't work > any magic making the target always available. We are testing a QLA-4052C > card, we believe QLogic tested it as installed on a Sun box but not against > Solaris iSCSI targets; an attempt to connect from this card *appears* to > cause our iscsitgtd daemon to consume a great deal of CPU and memory. We're > still trying to find out why. > > CT > How would it not help? From what I'm reading, there's a flag in the software iSCSI stack on how to react if a target is lost. This is completely bypassed if you use the hardware card. As far as the OS is concerned, it's just another SCSI disk.
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