A sily question about SAN

appforce · 04-20-2006, 03:22 PM

Hello! I am not familiar with the SAN (Storage Area Network). I have a silly question about SAN. Now I have several PCs running Linux and a switch which connects all of them (these form a simple structure of LAN). Could I switch this LAN into SAN by modification of some configuration? Or I MUST add some additional equipments (such as some special switch) or some additional software (such as specific version Linux)? Thank you very much!

williamwbishop · 04-21-2006, 07:46 PM

You can build a linux server as an iSCSI box and on the hosts use a iSCSI initiator software program.

Keep in mind that it needs a relatively new kernel unless you want to hack at it a bit... Link as follows:

hxxp://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Going_Enterprise_-_setup_your_FC4_iSCSI_target_in_5_minutes

appforce · 04-23-2006, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by williamwbishop

You can build a linux server as an iSCSI box and on the hosts use a iSCSI initiator software program.

Keep in mind that it needs a relatively new kernel unless you want to hack at it a bit... Link as follows:

hxxp://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Going_Enterprise_-_setup_your_FC4_iSCSI_target_in_5_minutes

Thank you! I will try to use iSCSI and see what it can do for me!

Thank you very much!

williamwbishop · 04-23-2006, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by appforce

Thank you! I will try to use iSCSI and see what it can do for me!

Thank you very much!

Glad to help. It might take you a bit of tinkering, but it works very well. Makes a very useful clustering solution as well.