On Performance of Parallel iSCSI Protocol for Networked Storage Systems

Author

Yang, Qing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI

Volume

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

629

Lastpage

636

Abstract

A newly emerging protocol for storage networking, iSCSI, was recently ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force. The iSCSI protocol is perceived as a low cost alternative to the FC protocol for networked storages. It allows block level storage data to be transported over the popular TCP/IP network that is widely understood. This paper presents a new storage architecture allowing parallel processing of iSCSI packets. By leveraging inexpensive Ethernet ports, we are able to greatly improve the throughput of iSCSI storages through parallel processing. We have carried out a performance analysis to evaluate the performance of the new architecture as compared to the existing iSCSI storages. Our numerical results show that the new architecture has good performance potential

Keywords

local area networks; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; storage area networks; transport protocols; Ethernet port; Internet Engineering Task Force; TCP-IP network; block level storage data; iSCSI packet; networked storage system; parallel processing; performance evaluation; storage architecture; transmission control protocol; Costs; Ethernet networks; IP networks; Network servers; Out of order; Parallel processing; Process design; Protocols; TCPIP; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2006. AINA 2006. 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1550-445X

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2466-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AINA.2006.246

Filename

1620259