On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:03:08AM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > Since combining ZFS storage backend, via nfs or iscsi, with ESXi heads, I'm > in love. But for one thing. The interconnect between the head & storage. > > > > 1G Ether is so cheap, but not as fast as desired. 10G ether is fast enough,
So bundle four of those. Or use IB, assuming ESX can handle IB. > but it's overkill and why is it so bloody expensive? Why is there nothing > in between? Is there something in between? Is there a better option? I > mean . sata is cheap, and it's 3g or 6g, but it's not suitable for this > purpose. But the point remains, there isn't a fundamental limitation that > *requires* 10G to be expensive, or *requires* a leap directly from 1G to > 10G. I would very much like to find a solution which is a good fit. to > attach ZFS storage to vmware. > > > > What are people using, as interconnect, to use ZFS storage on ESX(i)? Why do you think 10 GBit Ethernet is expensive? An Intel NIC is 200 EUR, and a crossover cable is enough. No need for a 10 GBit switch. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
