[6002] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Looking for suggestions.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kay Salzwedel)
Mon Mar 1 03:03:41 1999
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 08:59:04 +0100
From: Kay Salzwedel <kay@hni.uni-paderborn.de>
To: XxEDGExX <jeremy@xxedgexx.com>,
"linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu" <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
XxEDGExX wrote:
>
> Basically, I'm looking to do some type of configuration which will allow
> me to place many hosts on a single shared scsi chain under Linux. Is this
> even possible? Most tell me that the hardware is available using FC hubs
> or switches with the Qlogic fibre channel cards, but Linux isn't ready for
> it. Qlogic cards work, but the driver isn't smart enough to control a
> fibre channel switch.
>
> I was talking with the GFS project guys, and basically I could probable do
> it with about 3 - 5 client machines, but I need something that will work
> with like 20 client machines. They basically didn't want to see me spend
> a ton of money on something they has no reason to actually work.
>
> Is there anything available to do this that will work with Linux?
>
> My main goal to the eliminate the need for nfs. Nfs has been our single
> highest point of failure. 2.2.x kernel appears to still need much work
> with nfs, even though the latest ac patches on 2.2.2 seem to improve
> things greatly. Unfortunately, I jumped into 2.2.x like a day after it
> was release and now we have 10 production level machines running it. My
> fault, but the Linux nerd in me won the battle and now we're stuck.
>
> I'm looking for options to better our performance, that all, and it seems
> that trying to eliminate nfs would help achieve that goal.
>
> Thanks
> -jeremy
Hi Jeremy,
funny thing, 'cos I have the same problem. Someone on the list suggested
the idea of FC and the QLogic card. I contacted the people who wrote the
driver and got a similar respond. The I tried transtec (I guess a more
german company) and they told me there stuff is not ready, *yet* -- but
they are working on it.
If you find out something more, please let me know.
Kay
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