netdev - NBD was Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14

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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:18:00 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, trond.myklebust@....uio.no
Subject: NBD was Re: [PATCH 00/33] Swap over NFS -v14

Hi!

> > So please get the VM bits for swap over network blockdevices in first,
> 
> Trouble with that part is that we don't have any sane network block
> devices atm, NBD is utter crap, and iSCSI is too complex to be called
> sane.

Hey, NBD was designed to be _simple_. And I think it works okay in
that area.. so can you elaborate on "utter crap"? [Ok, performance is
not great.]

Plus, I'd suggest you to look at ata-over-ethernet. It is in tree
today, quite simple, but should have better performance than nbd.
								Pavel
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