yfceph
4 Posts
Quote from yfceph on November 3, 2016, 3:22 am
FC is common protocol in san network.Whether PetaSan can be extended for fc protocol in future and can be supported fc HA.
FC is common protocol in san network.Whether PetaSan can be extended for fc protocol in future and can be supported fc HA.
admin
2,921 Posts
Quote from admin on November 3, 2016, 12:52 pm
We do not have plans to support FC in our current roadmap (for the next 18 months). But if we get many requests for it we will reconsider. Of course we welcome any collaboration to add it.
We do not have plans to support FC in our current roadmap (for the next 18 months). But if we get many requests for it we will reconsider. Of course we welcome any collaboration to add it.
yfceph
4 Posts
Quote from yfceph on November 3, 2016, 2:29 pm
Thanks for your reply.I will prepare to learn the architecture and source recently before participate in the development.
Thanks for your reply.I will prepare to learn the architecture and source recently before participate in the development.
asg2ki
5 Posts
Quote from asg2ki on January 9, 2017, 8:56 am
I second the request for FC support. This would definitely add a great value to this product and in fact could bring the potential of replacing small FC based SAN systems.
I second the request for FC support. This would definitely add a great value to this product and in fact could bring the potential of replacing small FC based SAN systems.
NTmatter
8 Posts
Quote from NTmatter on July 14, 2020, 10:15 pm
+1 here as well.
I know it's a rather exotic configuration, and target-mode isn't supported on all FC HBA's, and latency might be an issue, and vendors won't be happy about the unsupported hardware stack, and a bit of magic* is required to make an Xsan play well with anything other than a VTrak, but I'd definitely love to have an easily-configured FC gateway to a Ceph cluster!
* A small, empty LUN0 on each target seems to alleviate a lot of multipath issues. Thanks to AbstractRude on Xsanity for the tip.
+1 here as well.
I know it's a rather exotic configuration, and target-mode isn't supported on all FC HBA's, and latency might be an issue, and vendors won't be happy about the unsupported hardware stack, and a bit of magic* is required to make an Xsan play well with anything other than a VTrak, but I'd definitely love to have an easily-configured FC gateway to a Ceph cluster!
* A small, empty LUN0 on each target seems to alleviate a lot of multipath issues. Thanks to AbstractRude on Xsanity for the tip.
