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HyperSCSI Examined

Posted by michael on from the my-disk-is-as-big-as-yours dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Eugenie Larson of byteandswitch.com has published a brief article that reviews the HyperSCSI protocol, which like iSCSI allows for an IP based san. The twist of HyperSCSI is that it's opensource, and runs over raw ethernet, avoiding the overhead of TCP/IP. The article has some comments from early adopters of HyperSCSI, as well as some comments from top vendors in the iSCSI industry."

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  1. Re:why is there an article on this by larry+bagina · · Score: 3, Funny

    why is there an article on this, i mean linux wont support it for another 2 years lol obviously, it's so when linux does support it, legions of slashbots can complain about the duplicate stories!

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  2. Single Vendor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is great for folks that want to be locked into a single vendor without any path to get out

    Didn't the article state that HyperSCSI is GPL and runs on Linux? What the fuck is this guy talking about?

  3. Re:Enough of those double standards! by bersl2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    SCSI is dead

    Many people here disagree with you. I wish I had SCSI hardware... you troll... now you've hurt my feelings...

  4. This looks interesting, however: by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pair of sneakers carrying a hotswappable hard drive jogging down the hallway.

    KFG

  5. Re:If it's raw ethernet, then it's not "IP based" by Alien+Being · · Score: 4, Funny

    "NO"

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    "HyperSCSI runs as a layer 3 protocol over Ethernet's layer 2."

    Okay, so where's the IP layer? Wait, wait, don't tell me... it's on the bongos, right?

    HyperSCSI runs on top of a raw datalink. IP doesn't enter into it.

  6. Re:Give it a name... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm rather partial to the "HighHeelAndHighHemlineNet" network myself, but the protocol is harder to configure and maintain.

    Not to mention the potential cost overruns.

    KFG