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RE: [Xen-users] iSCSI Volumes and Xen

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] iSCSI Volumes and Xen
From: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:17:48 -0800
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> I, amongst many, have found performance to be dire when mounting the
> iSCSI volume in a DomU - it seems the Dom0 networking just don't work
> well with it. I don't think I'm alone in having had to attach the
> iSCSI volume on Dom0 and share it to the DomU as a virtual block
> device. 

This is exactly what I do, and the performance difference is significant.  I 
also feel it's far more manageable than having them in the domUs

Best Regards,
Nathan Eisenberg

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