Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9
From: Adam Heath (doogie_at_debian.org)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:10:24 -0600 (CST) To: unlisted-recipients: ;(no To-header on input)
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> >
> >> The included patch allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over
> >> Ethernet (AoE) network protocol to communicate with any block device
> >> that handles the AoE protocol. The Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage
> >> Blade is the first hardware using AoE.
> >>
> >> AoE devices on the LAN are accessable as block devices and can be used
> >> with filesystems, Software RAID, LVM, etc.
> >>
> >> Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with
> >> the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable.
> >>
> >> This patch is released under the terms of the GPL.
> >>
> >> (We also have an AoE driver for the 2.4 kernel that we plan to release
> >> soon.)
> >
> > Is there a free server for this?
>
> Are you asking whether anybody has written software that allows a
> network host to export block storage using AoE? Not yet, as far as I
> know.
Yup, that's what I was asking. Bummer.
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