From: Ming Zhang (blackmagic02881_at_gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2007 - 02:40:11 CET
From: Ming Zhang <blackmagic02881@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:40:11 -0500 Message-Id: <1168998011.13543.62.camel@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] iSCSI on SLES10 - open-iscsi vs cisco iscsi
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 17:34 -0800, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> I mean that, because no one Linux provider test their OS well (it oincludes
> both, RedHat and Noivell, esp. Novell),
> no one application (or driver) can be treated as _stable_ until it got
> enough installation base and is tested in the real wild world.
>
> For example, SLES9 iscsi had a serious problems until, approx, Sp2 (or even
> some updates after SP2).
consider iscsi driver is relatively new and only limited resource
working on it, its quality is like that.
>
> (Looks as Linux vendors never run stress laboratories and never run a
> serious stabiliuty/performance tests. I have not other explanation, why
> all -release versions had so many primitive stability bugs).
it is not that easy i feel. for example, u can send your ini code to IOL
lab to do interoperability test, you need to test so many possibilities.
all these need many resources. back to one word, money.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ming Zhang" <blackmagic02881@gmail.com>
> To: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com>
> Cc: <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] iSCSI on SLES10 - open-iscsi vs cisco iscsi
>
>
> > On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 16:06 -0800, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> > > Thanks. (So it is linux kernel specifics, mainly, and welld ebugged in
> > > generic Linux distros, correct?)
> > >
> >
> > "welld ebugged"? not sure what u mean here. but for 2.6.x, u need to use
> > open-iscsi. one open-iscsi developer now work for RH, so i believe RHEL
> > should catch up soon. Maybe it is in RHEL5 beta already.
> >
> > Ming
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ming Zhang" <blackmagic02881@gmail.com>
> > > To: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@exigengroup.com>
> > > Cc: <suse-sles-e@suse.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:34 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] iSCSI on SLES10 - open-iscsi vs cisco iscsi
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 15:24 -0800, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> > > > > I discovered (big surprise for me), that I missed a moment, when
> SuSe
> > > > > changed iSCSI initiator code base from Cisco iscsi to open iscsi.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do we have any document, explaining it (including risks and
> stabilirty
> > > of
> > > > > open-iscsi, which is relatively new and is not still tested in, for
> > > example
> > > > > Redhat Linux and production installations)?
> > > >
> > > > open-iscsi and cisco-iscsi merged and open-iscsi is the latest work.
> for
> > > > old 2.4.x, use cisco-iscsi one and for newer kernel u have to use
> > > > open-iscsi.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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