Re: [Scst-devel] Integration of SCST in the mainstream Linux kernel

[FUJITA Tomonori]

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:14:01 +0100
Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> James Bottomley schrieb:
> 
> > These are both features being independently worked on, are they not?
> > Even if they weren't, the combination of the size of SCST in kernel plus
> > the problem of having to find a migration path for the current STGT
> > users still looks to me to involve the greater amount of work.
> 
> I don't want to be mean, but does anyone actually use STGT in
> production? Seriously?
> 
> In the latest development version of STGT, it's only possible to stop
> the tgtd target daemon using KILL / 9 signal - which also means all
> iSCSI initiator connections are corrupted when tgtd target daemon is
> started again (kernel upgrade, target daemon upgrade, server reboot etc.).

I don't know what "iSCSI initiator connections are corrupted"
mean. But if you reboot a server, how can an iSCSI target
implementation keep iSCSI tcp connections?


> Imagine you have to reboot all your NFS clients when you reboot your NFS
> server. Not only that - your data is probably corrupted, or at least the
> filesystem deserves checking...
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