[CentOS] iscsi target for C5.x

Sat Oct 17 00:24:21 UTC 2009
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

Juergen Gotteswinter wrote:
> i use the atrpm iscsitarget for a long time now in high traffic setups. 
> it performs very well, and is rock solid. no problems until now. go for 
> it :) but disabling the atrpms repo after installing the iscsitarget 
> wouldnt be a bad idea.
>
> i wont go with userspace solutions like tgt, my benchmarks showed much 
> more higher system load, lower transfer rates and lags from time to 
> time. go for the kernel implemention
>   


according to what I read, tgt uses kernel drivers that are built into 
the 2.6.x kernel including rhel5.3 and are based on the IET drivers.