Re: [Xen-users] Aoe or iScsi???

[Gilberto Nunes <gilberto.nunes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see...

Well... Let me give more details here...

I delivery aoe with a dedicated gigalan crossover between NAS Server and Xen Server...
So, all traffic between this two server ran over this cross cable... 

The Xen server is a Dell PowerEdge 1950 and NAS Server is an Intel based PC as I said before...

Sometimes, AoE seems lost connection with vblade, then one or two VM get down, and I can't return this VM... So I restart both servers! (Amazing!!)

I looking for better solutions here... Maybe I'll install iSCSI and take some tests...

Thanks for reply...




Em Seg, 2010-07-05 às 14:14 +0200, Bart Coninckx escreveu:
> On Monday 05 July 2010 14:08:48 Gilberto Nunes wrote:
> > Hi people...
> > 
> > Here we use Xen 4 with Debian Lenny... We're using kernel 2.6.31.13
> > pvops...
> > As a storage system, we use AoE devices...
> > So, we installed VM's on AoE partition... The "NAS" server is a Intel
> > based baremetal with SATA hard disc...
> > 
> > However, sometime I feeling that VM's is so slow...
> > 
> > Also, all VM has GPLPV drivers installed...
> > 
> > So, I am thing about change AoE to iSCSCI...
> > 
> > However, I have many doubt with this procedure... Is it iSCSI better
> > than AoE???
> > 
> > Please, if someboy can clarify this matter, I'll be very thanks...
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Gilberto Nunes
> > TI
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> > 
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> iSCSI will never outperform AoE in my opinion. But in stead of randomly 
> switching technologies, I think you better try to find the culprit before. 
> Like your storage itself for instance. SATA is not the fastest. What  kind of 
> RAID are you using and such ... (iotop?). Also what does your storage network 
> look like. These can all be bottlenecks.
>
> B.
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Gilberto Nunes
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