On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:20 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:40:09 PST, "Nicholas A. Bellinger" said: > >> Too bad, because you are missing out on the most advanced ConfigFS >> enabled storage engine on the planet. > > OK. I *have* to ask.. ;) > > What's the *second* most advanced configfs-enabled storage engine? Please don't let Nicholas Bellinger mislead you. The most important aspect of a storage engine is stability. Last January I ran performance tests on IET, STGT, SCST and LIO. I quickly found out not only that SCST had the highest throughput and the lowest latency, but also that the performance tests on LIO triggered several kernel crashes. I have reported these crashes to the linux-iscsi-target-dev mailing list, but even as of today, it's not yet clear whether all of these crashes have been fixed. During the last ten years I have filed bug reports for many open source projects, and the LIO project is the only project where the (kernel) crashes I reported were not addressed immediately. See also: * February 1, 2008, LIO kernel panic during configuration, http://groups.google.com/group/linux-iscsi-target-dev/browse_thread/thread/74c8b37f24b84e59/d94c07626bd20521?lnk=gst&q=kernel+panic#d94c07626bd20521. * February 8, 2008, kernel crash triggered by LIO, http://groups.google.com/group/linux-iscsi-target-dev/browse_thread/thread/30835aede1028188/5708e16a23367fb4?lnk=gst&q=kernel+crash#5708e16a23367fb4. * February 13, 2008, LIO target kernel code triggers memory corruption, http://groups.google.com/group/linux-iscsi-target-dev/browse_thread/thread/ddc1bf7666372972/2150a09f9ed3d1cd?lnk=gst&q=ipoib#2150a09f9ed3d1cd. * February 18, 2008, LIO target makes entire system hang, http://groups.google.com/group/linux-iscsi-target-dev/browse_thread/thread/6a76f9efd9409fc5/55bd8840b6a5f757?lnk=gst&q=lio+target+hangs#55bd8840b6a5f757. Bart. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
