Multiple windows iscsi initiators on one target

Question

Can anyone tell me if it is possible (supported) having multiple (more than 2) windows machines attaching to one target lun thru iscsi? We have been able to attach 4 machines to one target, but they cannot see data simultaneously that is copied on from different machines.

Thanks
Ken

dynamox · Answer

you might want to look into these:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPFSwww.polyserve.com

urle · Answer

I guess you use a standard ntfs filesystem on that shared LUN. NTFS is not a shareable filesystem because every box caches it's metadata changes and cumulates the writes. If you want a shared filesystem semantic you need a cluster filesystem or if you want more throughput than pure CIFS have a look on MPFSi.

urle · Answer

you might want to look into these:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPFSwww.polyserve.com At least in our environment Polyserve had problems with file/record locking. This might be a problem with all mentioned cluster filesystems if you heavily depend on locking.

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Multiple windows iscsi initiators on one target

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