James Fidell wrote: > Feizhou wrote: > >> In this scenario, iscsi provides the devices remotely and the server >> handles the raiding of the devices. >> >>> can you explain it a bit more detailed? >> The boxes with disks are now just 'disk servers' and those disks are >> exported to the servers that will provide the filesystem layer. iscsi is >> the technology used to export the disks in this scenario. > > Is there a neat way to get start the partitions and get them mounted in > this setup? I have a server on which I want to create /dev/md0 from two > iscsi partitions. I then want to export /md0 to other servers using > GFS. What are you going to use to export the /dev/md0? gnbd? Does your iscsi_target have a maximum of one connection limit? > > Do I have to hand-craft my own scripts to start the md devices at boot > time and get the filesystems mounted before starting GFS, or is there > already a way to do that? (I don't have a problem with doing so, but > if there's already a "right" way to do it...) No idea. I have not actually had a chance to get GFS working whether with iscsi or with some other device exporting solution. Sorry I cannot help here. Maybe those who have had real experience can chip in.