Um estudo do desempenho dos protocolos iSCSI e Fibre Channel

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

Nowadays, most of the corporations face a growing demand for efficient methods to manipulate information. Applications are becoming more sophisticated with richer content and consequent there is the need for more storage and faster access to information. In the past, storage systems and computer networks were two independent entities, but due to the huge demand of storage, these two need to be interrelated. Storage Area Network (SAN) are networks which primary purpose is the transfer of data between computer systems and storage devices. SANs consist of a communication infrastructure, which provides physical connections, a management layer, which organizes the connections, storage devices, and computer systems. Storage Area Network can be based on a Fibre Channel infrastructure using Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) as a transport protocol. Another possibility is to be based on an IP infrastructure, using TCP/IP stack and iSCSI protocol. The present work analyzes the performance of iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols in the Storage Area Networks. Experiments were conducted to analyze the performance of each protocol. Throughput and CPU utilization were the metrics used for comparison. Results indicate that the iSCSI protocol gives expressive results with a performance close to the Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP). iSCSI also offers other advantages related to cost, availability of TCP/IP infrastructure and the possibility of interoperability with devices connected to the Internet

ASSUNTO(S)

redes de informação desempenho redes de computação - protocolos

ACESSO AO ARTIGO

Documentos Relacionados