On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:38:31PM -0500, Eli Carter wrote:
> Based on a conversation I had recently, my curiosity got piqued...
>
> I'm not really sure how to query google on this, and didn't turn up what
> I was looking for because of that, so here's the random question:
>
> Is there a way to make a Linux machine with a scsi controller act like a
> scsi device (is the correct term 'target'?) (such as a disk) using a
> local block device as storage?
>
> I'm not sure it would be of general use, but I can see uses in weird or
> remote prototyping situations...
>
> Like the subject says, just idle curiosity; I don't see having much use
> for it, but I was intrigued by the idea.
SCSI targets are also quite useful for testing disk-failure handling in file
systems, RAID devices, and databases...
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~abrown/papers/usenix00.pdf
-josh
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