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From: Joshua MacDonald <jmacd@namesys.com>
To: Eli Carter <eli.carter@inet.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Idle curiosity: Acting as a SCSI target
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:59:49 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020808125949.GB8804@reload.namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D519357.7070904@inet.com>

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 04:38:31PM -0500, Eli Carter wrote:
> Based on a conversation I had recently, my curiosity got piqued...
> 
> I'm not really sure how to query google on this, and didn't turn up what 
> I was looking for because of that, so here's the random question:
> 
> Is there a way to make a Linux machine with a scsi controller act like a 
> scsi device (is the correct term 'target'?) (such as a disk) using a 
> local block device as storage?
> 
> I'm not sure it would be of general use, but I can see uses in weird or 
> remote prototyping situations...
> 
> Like the subject says, just idle curiosity; I don't see having much use 
> for it, but I was intrigued by the idea.

SCSI targets are also quite useful for testing disk-failure handling in file
systems, RAID devices, and databases...

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~abrown/papers/usenix00.pdf

-josh

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-08-08 12:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-07 21:38 Eli Carter
2002-08-07 22:06 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-08-08 12:59 ` Joshua MacDonald [this message]
2002-08-07 21:51 Jesse Pollard
2002-08-07 22:49 ` J.A. Magallon

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