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Use AoE to Build Your Own SAN

Issue 201

From Issue #201
January 2011

Mar 01, 2011  By Greg Bledsoe
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Using AoE (ATA over Ethernet) you can build a SAN (Storage Area Network) for a pittance and deliver performance that will blow your users' socks off.

Resources

“ATA Over Ethernet: Putting Hard Drives on the LAN” by Ed L. Cashin, LJ, June 2005: www.linuxjournal.com/article/8149

How to Build a Low-Cost SAN: howtoforge.net/how-to-build-a-low-cost-san

“Simplest Ethernet Storage” by Chris Mellor: www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/10/coraid_esg

The CLN Failover Kit HOWTO by Ed. L. Cashin: support.coraid.com/support/cln/ft/failover-kit.html

“Getting Started with Heartbeat” by Daniel Bartholomew, LJ, November 2007: www.linuxjournal.com/article/9838

Jumbo Frame Clean Networking Gear: www.uoregon.edu/~joe/jumbo-clean-gear.html

Greg Bledsoe is the Manager of Technical Operations for a Standout VoIP Startup, Aptela (www.aptela.com), an author, husband, father to six children, wine enthusiast, amateur philosopher and general know-it-all who welcomes your comments and criticism at lj@bledsoehome.net.

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