Re: [Xen-devel] iSCSI

[Mark Williamson <maw48@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> You don't require multipath for migration, e.g. if your rootfs is
> available via GNBD or iSCSI. If you're trying to do something fancy with
> network mirroring then DRDB works OK, but true in-kernel mutipath
> support would probably be better.

Didn't a patch for in kernel multipath get submitted recently?  I thought it 
was being merged fairly soon (i.e. I thought it was in Linus' tree).

> > As the ethernet checksum is (afaik) over the hole frame it
> > should be ok as long as GNDB is done within a L2 segment, correct?
>
> Depends how paranoid you are.
> Having block-level CRCs makes me feel safer.

It's not paranoia if they are out to get you ;-)

Cheers,
Mark

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