Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:20:46 -0600 | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Linux iSCSI Initiator, OpenSource (fwd) (Re: Gauntlet Set NOW!) |
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On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:39:38PM +1300, Andrew McGregor wrote: > Hmm. The problem here is that there is a nontrivial probability that a > packet can pass both ethernet and TCP checksums and still not be right, > given the gigantic volumes of data that iSCSI is intended to be used with. > Back up a 100 terabyte array and it's more than 1%, back of the envelope.
What was the underlying error rate and distribution you assumed? I figure if it were high enough to get to your 1%, you'd have such high retry rates (and resulting throughput loss) that the operator would notice his LAN was broken weeks before said transfer completed.
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