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RE: [Xen-users] disk backend performance

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] disk backend performance
From: "Joseph L. Casale" <JCasale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:56:33 -0700
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] disk backend performance
>My system disk is a raid 5 array, 800 GB, so it has plenty of throughput.
>But you say that any technique even NFS or even SAMBA, versos creating a
>file and sharing it via AOE will be comparable?
>Which technique would you pick? I have a back-to-back 1 GB Ethernet cable
>between the two servers.

Well,
Given that you're still using one array for everything, I would just use
whatever is most convenient. Although AoE has some apparent advantages, I am
not a fan as it lacks the security that iSCSI has native. I would probably
export an NFS directory or use iSCSI and export a file using fileio mode.

OTOH, your network between the two is pretty secure :) Use AoE...

I wouldn't even consider Samba, why muddy the waters sharing data between Linux
hosts emulating a non native Linux protocol. That's just silly?

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