Re: [PATCH] ENBD for 2.5.64

[Jeff Garzik]

Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> "Justin Cormack wrote:"
>>And I am intending to write an iscsi client sometime, but it got
>>delayed. The server stuff is already available from 3com.
> 
> 
> Possibly, but ENBD is designed to fail :-). And networks fail.
> What will your iscsi implementation do when somebody resets the
> router? All those issues are handled by ENBD. ENBD breaks off and
> reconnects automatically. It reacts right to removable media.

Yeah, iSCSI handles all that and more.  It's a behemoth of a 
specification.  (whether a particular implementation implements all that 
stuff correctly is another matter...)

BTW, I'm a big enbd fan :)  I like enbd for it's _simplicity_ compared 
to iSCSI.

	Jeff