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Idea for version 3 - iSCSI given the Expandrive treatment
Having recently acquired one of the new Qnap TS-119 NAS devices I was interested to learn that they now include support for the iSCSI protocol out of the box. iSCSI is a bit different to protocols like Samba and AFP because, instead of being a network attached drive, the iSCSI layer makes the device behave exactly as a locally attached drive, meaning, for example, that it could be used completely transparently with Time Machine, with none of the jiggery-pokery that is required to get TM to recognise a remote disk that isn't a Time Capsule disk. The current downside of using iSCSI is that process of setting up an iSCSI connection is clunky, to say the least, requiring the free GlobalSAN iSCI initiator utility to first create the iSCSI volume and then to manage connections.
Given how simple and straightforward that Expandrive is to use it would be great to see the process of creating and managing iSCSI connections become part of the program.
Steve
Given how simple and straightforward that Expandrive is to use it would be great to see the process of creating and managing iSCSI connections become part of the program.
Steve
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Inappropriate?Steve -
You're basically suggesting we add support for configuring this to the GUI? Not re-implement an iSCSI initiator, right? :) -
Inappropriate?Good point, Jeff. Thinking about it, I guess that effectively building in an iSCSI initiator, which was what I was suggesting, would take Expandrive away from its core functionality of managing the drive connections themselves as simply as possible, and could make things unnecessarily complicated for the large majority of its users. (And its developers, too, of course).
Steve
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