10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI - Driver Software Is Key to Performance

 
 
By Wayne Rash  |  Posted 2007-11-06 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Right now, one of the hottest trends in storage is iSCSI appliances. Companies are in a rush to announce new products, roll out iSCSI versions of older products or introduce products that somehow work with iSCSI even if they don't actually do storage. All
 

 
 
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Appliance-specific driver software works with the iSCSI Initiator to make the appliance visible to your server. Your performance depends on this driver software, including such details as whether the drivers know how to load balance between multiple ports
10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI - Driver Software Is Key to Performance
 
 
 
 
 
Wayne Rash Wayne Rash is a Senior Analyst for eWEEK Labs and runs the magazineÔÇÖs Washington Bureau. Prior to joining eWEEK as a Senior Writer on wireless technology, he was a Senior Contributing Editor and previously a Senior Analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center. He was also a reviewer for Federal Computer Week and Information Security Magazine. Previously, he ran the reviews and events departments at CMP's InternetWeek.

He is a retired naval officer, a former principal at American Management Systems and a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine. He is a regular contributor to Plane & Pilot Magazine and The Washington Post.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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