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On 31/08/2017 13:07, Uwe Laverenz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 30.08.2017 um 23:40 schrieb Frank Leonhardt:
>
>> Thoughts anyone? In particular, is the USB 3.1 idea crazy? And is 
>> anyone else crazy enough to be trying the same thing?
>
> 5) 1Gb ethernet and multipathing: use 2 or more interfaces for iSCSI.
>

The problem with link aggregation is that you need lots of 1Gb Ethernet 
cards and run out PCI slots pretty quickly. Or are you suggesting 
multiple targets bound to a particular interface? Not a bad idea, but 
the same applies to slots, and you're also limited to 1Gb unless it 
happens to spread across devices.

The PCIe is also going to be a bottleneck, but I'm ignoring this for now.

What I really want is the fastest way to connect to boxes using IP 
(preferably). A geom class using some other hardware might be the best 
way, but I don't want to launch in to writing one if there's an easy way.

Regards, Frank.