Messages in this thread | | | From | Ed L Cashin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9 | Date | Mon, 06 Dec 2004 11:45:27 -0500 |
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Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote: > >> The included patch allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over >> Ethernet (AoE) network protocol to communicate with any block device >> that handles the AoE protocol. The Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage >> Blade is the first hardware using AoE. >> >> AoE devices on the LAN are accessable as block devices and can be used >> with filesystems, Software RAID, LVM, etc. >> >> Like IP, AoE is an ethernet-level network protocol, registered with >> the IEEE. Unlike IP, AoE is not routable. >> >> This patch is released under the terms of the GPL. >> >> (We also have an AoE driver for the 2.4 kernel that we plan to release >> soon.) > > Is there a free server for this?
Are you asking whether anybody has written software that allows a network host to export block storage using AoE? Not yet, as far as I know.
-- Ed L Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
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