Storage Grid Using iSCSI

The advent of cloud brought a new requirement on storage. The storage nodes in the cloud have to communicate with each other and bring the hot data near the application across the data centers and the communication must be standard-based.

This session proposes iSCSI protocol to achieve the inter-storage node communication for enterprise grade cloud. This may not be applicable for object storage. This is NOT intended to cover the underlying storage implementation to optimally support this communication. ISCSI is chosen for the communication emerging as a de facto standard.

Recognized as one of the top 250 MSP thought and entrepreneurial leaders globally by MSPmentor, Felix has more than 15 years of development and technology management experience. With the right blend of expertise in both networking and storage technologies, he co-founded CloudByte. Felix has built many high-energy technology teams, re-architected products and developed core features from scratch. Most recently, Felix helped NetApp gain leadership position in storage array-based data protection by driving innovations around its product suite. He has filed numerous patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office around core storage technologies. Prior to this, Felix worked at Juniper, Novell and IBM, where he handled networking technologies, including LAN, WAN, and security protocols, and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS). Felix has Masters degrees in technology and business administration.