Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:11:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:11:17 -0400 Received: from [205.176.221.61] ([205.176.221.61]:2834 "EHLO w20303512") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:10:58 -0400 Message-ID: <018401c14da7$bc2568d0$3dddb0cd@w20303512> From: "Wilson" To: In-Reply-To:

<01100422312200.01464@homer> Subject: Re: [POT] Linux SAN? Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:12:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Thursday 04 October 2001 22:31, someone wrote: > > > For the HBA ( fibre channel adapter ) i use the module in the kernel CPQFC > > is for a specific compaq HBA, but you can use use QLOGIC module or EMULEX ( > > but the EMULEX driver is not under GPL and you don't have source and it's > > really convinient for the correction on the driver ) with support for FC. > Is anyone aware of a project (now that LinuxDisk is gone..) that has the potential to turn a Linux box into one of these? I'd like to have a Linux machine running as a "SAN appliance" with a heterogenous mix of servers (with FC cards) booting from "virtual" slices of one big array. I'm envisioning a "roll your own" version of this Winchester Flaskdisk product: http://www.winsys.com/products/ Regards, --Wilson. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/