What is the advantage of DRBD's own protocol over iSCSI?<br>Given the availability of iSCSI initiator & target, what was the reason to go to the length of developing own protocol? <br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Mike Lovell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@dev-zero.net">mike@dev-zero.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Rohit Upadhyay wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"><font color="#888888">Thanks Mike for answering. Another
query:</font><br>
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How is transport between 2 machines handled? What protocol is used in
place of iSCSI / NBD? <br>
Can it work without DRBD installed on other side?<br>
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the transport is TCP. the protocol is its own protocol. it needs drbd
installed and configured on the remote side.<br>
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mike<br>
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