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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9
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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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