Re: [PATCH] ATA over Ethernet driver for 2.6.9

[Adam Heath]

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Ed L Cashin wrote:

> Adam Heath <doogie@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

Yup, that's what I was asking.  Bummer.
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