Initiator (iSCSI, FCoE, AoE, iSER and NVMe over Fabrics), iSCSI accelerator and RAM disk
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techfreakz
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:57 pm
Hi there,
I've only just discovered StarPort, so this new territory for me.
I am looking for a suitable alternative to Microsoft iSCSI initiator that will allow me to "multipath" my iSCSI connections, for better performance, on a non-server platform such a Windows XP (32 & 64 bit) and Windows 7. MPIO is only currently supported on Windows Server platforms, which is somewhat disappointing.
Does StarPort support MPIO or something functionally equivalent?
Best regards
TFZ
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anton (staff)
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Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:23 pm
Yes, StarPort has built-in RAID stack (something close to Veritas Logical Volume Manager Microsoft had licensed to deal with the software RAID sets) but optimized for iSCSI / AoE / FCoE stuff. You can read more about it here:
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/starpor ... ggregation
and here:
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/starpor ... eplication
Key feature is - we can use not multiple pathes to the same target but stripe / mirror different physical targets. Something Microsoft cannot do with their MS iSCSI initiator and MPIO stack.
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software
