"iSCSI killer" Native in Linux

jar writes "First came Fibre Channel, then iSCSI. Now, for the increasingly popular idea of using a network to connect storage to servers, there's a third option called ATA over Ethernet (AoE). Upstart Linux developer and kernel contributor Coraid could use AoE shake up networked storage with a significantly less expensive way to do storage -- under $1 per Gigabyte. Linux Journal also has a full description of how AoE works." Note that the LJ article is from last year; the news story is more recent.

Comments

Re:AOE?

[AviLazar]

No, not age of empires n00b, Area of Effect. This guy is clearly a mage or a warlock (maybe a priest or paladin). If a warlock, I wonder if he likes to use Rain of Fire or Hellfire.

Re:AOE?

[metasecure]

n00b a fireball is a single target attack !

they're talking about frost nova or blizzard etc !

Re:AOE?

[gEvil (beta)]

I didn't know Fireballs could do network storage!

Fireballs have been able to do network storage for at least a decade...

Re:AOE?

[Mayhem178]

.....and you're wrong on 2 accounts. First off, I wasn't talking about Diablo. WotC = Wizard of the Coast = D&D. And secondly, Diablo's Fireball DOES do AoE damage, just not in a very big radius.

n00b!!!! :)

Re:AOE?

[laffer1]

Age of Empires predates World of Warcraft. I do play both and I have a mage. :)

Re:AOE?

[Mayhem178]

Heh...you know, I wasn't even thinking about that when I posted the comment. Touche!

Re:AOE?

[AviLazar]

Age of Empires is still one of my favorite games. Probably because I would go to a friends HS classroom (after school hours) with a bunch of friends and we would play maxed out games (I think 5 to a team, I forget the limits). It was a lot of fun as players would shout over to each other "No do this do this you n00b. Stupid morons" and someone else "Type it out!!! They can hear your plans when you shout!!!". It was a lot of fun with pizza, soda, and good friends.

Re:AOE?

[NitroWolf]

Damn, the n00b count is high!

Fireball (and any AE spell) does not do AoE damage, they do AE damage. AoE is the resulting radius of an AE spell. A spell can't be AoE, it can only be AE. There's no such thing as an AoE spell, only AE spells.

Only n00bs say AoE spell. Vetrans know it's AE.

The same goes for military weapons - You don't say "Our Area of Effect warheads in the MLRS were ineffective."

You say "Our Area Effect warheads in the MLRS were in effective, as the Area of Effect was too small."

Duh.

Ultimate Proof

[eno2001]

This thread in the iSCSI Killer story is ultimate proof that teenagers in their parent's basements all around the world have taken over Slashdot. In the days of yore, there would have been a lot of loud rejoicing at ATA over Ethernet. Today, nothing but a bunch of lame jokes based on gaming by high school drop outs. Yes, the days of Slashdot have come and gone. There is no hope.

Re:AOE?

[generationxyu]

Uh, if you're depending on a warlock, priest (lol, holy nova?) or paladin (???) for an AE encounter, you've really got problems. Warlock's job in a raid -- CoA (or CoE to help your mages), other DoTs, shadowbolt, blood pact, SS a rezzer in case of wipe. Priest's job -- heal. When you're done healing, heal more. If you need a break, heal. Oh, and once in a while you might want to heal. You do DPS while you're /oom with your wand. Paladin's job in a raid -- melee DPS, off-healing, off-tanking. If you're talking PvP, locks should be fearing/dotting/charming everything in sight, priests should be healing unless it's 1v1, paladins should be generally an annoyance to both sides (horde hates them cause they're hard to kill, alliance hates them because they won't realize that the best thing they can do in PvP is heal other people who can actually do/take damage) Leave AE for a class that's designed for it -- and the only class that's designed for it is mages. Of course, if you've got a big AE encounter, like the hallway in AQ40, the locks might as well help, as I guess the marks hunters should too, but the mage is by far the most efficient AE class -- lots of mana, lots of mana efficiency, 2 good ranged AEs, 2 good close range AEs, plus FN to keep them in line. And a frost mage is using 15% less mana and generating 30% less threat on his Blizzard, which is also giving the mobs a chill debuff which has a 15% chance to freeze, which gives him an extra 50% crit chance. Mages == AE pwnage.

* nerf locks

Re:AOE?

[AviLazar]

Ok if I was raid leader and the first thing my warlock did was CoA over CoS he would be told to fix his mistake. If he would argue, he would be raiding with another guild. CoA? Pfft. CoA ONLY comes out by the third+ warlock in the group...and depending on the mob, the third warlock might be doing CoT.
Dots are always the obvious. And if you think warlocks can't outdamage mages in AOE you are mistaken. I consistantly out damage my mages. Try Nefarian's minions before he lands...I am there with Rain of Fire. Actually, the guild likes to have us locks stand in the middle and do hellfire while priests bubble/heal us.

As a destro lock my character is consistantly doing searing pain (except very few bosses) and doing massive crits. Two nights ago, yea magmadar, three crits in a row for 1000+ with searing pain.

In PvP. It is CoA (unless you are partied with a mage, which my best friend is one, which then I do CoE), Corrupt, Immolate, Searing pain, Conflag, searing pain ---oops my target died. Fel puppy all the way. Fear only when I am 1vs1 or can find a good hiding spot.

When the Naxx world event was going on the most powerful combo would be to have a warrior ride around his horse...aggro 30+ mobs, and then the priest would stand in the middle aoeing them to death. It was beautiful. Only reason priests needed the rest of us was for the end boss.

To say Warlocks aren't designed for AE is wrong...the only time warlocks complain about their AE is in pvp cause it's channel based. In case you didn't know, warlocks have two different talents geared for AOE.

Warlocks have more mana then mages - lifetap, healthstone, lifetap, potion, lifetap, bandages, lifetap, etc.

Mages have better on the ranged attacks with their 41' attacks.

Frost mages don't do as much damage as lock aoe.

Nerf locks? Pfft, buff locks. After DC (which is the only complaint people have about locks) they got nothing in defense. DC being on 2 minute cooldown is not game breaking.

*nerf Shammies