NDLI: Distributed iSCSI protocol over Hypervisor Storage on Local Area Network

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Swee Liang Aw Saleh, M. Alsalihy, W.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: School of Computer Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia (Alsalihy, W.) \|\| Math and Computer Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (Swee Liang Aw) \|\| College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (Saleh, M.)
Abstract	Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a protocol that can run on a TCP/IP transport layer in order to transfer SCSI commands to allow block-level access on storage devices which is standardized by IETF. Hypervisor Storage is the storage abstraction layer on Virtual Machines. This paper examines the performance of iSCSI protocol implementation accessing Hypervisor Storage in Virtual Machine's (guest OS) over Gigabit Ethernet Local Area Network (GE-LAN). The results of this experiment are benchmark with results that we obtained from a Network Attached Storage (NAS) Server using CIFS/SMB protocol running on the Hypervisor Storage and results obtained from local access on virtual machines. We found that iSCSI has low throughput, heavy utilization of CPU, and high I/O latency compared to CIFS/SMB Protocol on NAS and local virtual disk access results which are significantly similar.
Starting Page	748
Ending Page	753
File Size	884152
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424455317
e-ISBN	9781424455331
DOI	10.1109/MICC.2009.5431398
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-12-15
Publisher Place	Malaysia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer interfaces Transport protocols Ethernet networks Access protocols Hypervisor Storage iSCSI protocol Virtual machining Network Attached Network Network servers Virtual machine monitors TCPIP Internet Local area networks Local Area Network Virtual Machine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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