From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Phillips Subject: Re: Distributed storage. Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 17:41:18 -0700 Message-ID: <200708031741.18404.phillips@phunq.net> References: <20070731171347.GA14267@2ka.mipt.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Evgeniy Polyakov Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070731171347.GA14267@2ka.mipt.ru> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi Evgeniy, Nit alert: On Tuesday 31 July 2007 10:13, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > * storage can be formed on top of remote nodes and be exported > simultaneously (iSCSI is peer-to-peer only, NBD requires device > mapper and is synchronous) In fact, NBD has nothing to do with device mapper. I use it as a physical target underneath ddraid (a device mapper plugin) just like I would use your DST if it proves out. Regards, Daniel