[hpcdev-discuss] [storage-discuss] Project proposal: ISCSI Extensions for RDMA

[John Forte]

+1

Peter Dunlap wrote:
> I'd like to propose a new Opensolaris project to implement iSCSI 
> Extensions for RDMA (iSER).
> 
> Project Synopsis:
>         iSCSI Extensions for Remote DMA (iSER)
> 
> Project Description:
> 
> The project would deliver an initiator and target implementation of iSER 
> and would use Infiniband as the underlying transport.  iSER accelerates 
> the iSCSI protocol by mapping the data transfer phases to RDMA 
> operations.  As a result an iSER initiator should be able to read and 
> write data from an iSER target at high data rates with relatively low 
> CPU utilization compared to iSCSI using TCP/IP.  As a sub-task of the 
> iSER target implementation this project will develop and contribute an 
> Comstar iSCSI port provider implementation for the Comstar project.
> 
> I'd like to request endorsement by the Storage and HPC Developer 
> communities.
> 
> Project leaders:
> 
> Peter Dunlap
> Dan Maslowski
> Carla Mowers
> Jesse Butler
> Priya Krishnan
> 
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