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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">We are working on iSER
for windows. We didn't try to run the Microsoft iSCSI initiator over
IPoIB. I guess that it should work.</p>
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style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Copperplate Gothic Light"; color: blue;">Erez
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Axel Mertes wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid00b801c7aed7$87a2e5f0$5a02a8c0@Cine" type="cite">Hi
All,
<br>
<br>
I am new to this list, but following the IB Windows approach for about
three years already, with occasional contact to Erez and Marc and other
people involved.
<br>
<br>
I need to make some decisions on storage system investments and would
like to know if it is possible to use iSCSI protocol via IPoIB on a
Windows XP 32 Bit client. On the long term we'd like to set Tiger
Technologies MetaLAN on top of it for control, but the lower layer
would have to be iSCSI.
<br>
<br>
The point is that we still need to stay on 32 Bit edition for some
specialized HDTV broadcast video boards that aren't supporting Windows
XP 64 Bit. We investigate if there are alternatives, but yet none.
<br>
<br>
So the only option for us going the IB route would be if iSCSI could
work, as SCSI RDMA is currently unavailable for XP (and is expected to
be unavailable in future too).
<br>
<br>
As iSCSI runs on XP 32 bit edition via any Ethernet card I see
currently no reason why it should not work in conjunction with IB /
IPoIB. But I have no chance to test that yet on my own.
<br>
Anyone around had been testing this yet?
<br>
If yes, what kind of transfer speeds and latency is realistic then?
<br>
Could we transfer 500 to 800 MB/s into a single machine (sourcing from
several native IB storage target machines via an IB switch)?
<br>
Imagine video editing and several server systems that do at least 800
MB/s sustained, each.
<br>
<br>
Btw, is there some kind of "Jumbo Frame" setting for the IPoIB option
(given its a native 20 GBit IP network it'll be wise...) and if yes,
which is the largest block size supported / allowed?
<br>
<br>
Please let me know!
<br>
<br>
<br>
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
<br>
Best regards,
<br>
<br>
Axel Mertes
<br>
Geschäftsführer/CTO
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Tel: +49 69 978837-20
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Fax: +49 69 978837-22
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eMail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:axel@magnamana.com">axel@magnamana.com</a>
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Alexanderstraße 65
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60489 Frankfurt am Main
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Germany
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Tel: +49 69 978837-0
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Fax: +49 69 978837-34
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