1 User Mode iSCSI Backend
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3 include::attributes.txt[]
7 :title: Storage: User Mode iSCSI
10 Storage pool type: `iscsidirect`
12 This backend provides basically the same functionality as the
13 Open-iSCSI backed, but uses a user-level library (package `libiscsi2`)
16 It should be noted that there are no kernel drivers involved, so this
17 can be viewed as performance optimization. But this comes with the
18 drawback that you cannot use LVM on top of such iSCSI LUN. So you need
19 to manage all space allocations at the storage server side.
24 The user mode iSCSI backend uses the same configuration options as the
27 .Configuration Example (`/etc/pve/storage.cfg`)
29 iscsidirect: faststore
31 target iqn.2006-01.openfiler.com:tsn.dcb5aaaddd
37 NOTE: This backend works with VMs only. Containers cannot use this
40 .Storage features for backend `iscsidirect`
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42 |==============================================================================
43 |Content types |Image formats |Shared |Snapshots |Clones
44 |images |raw |yes |no |no
45 |==============================================================================
52 * link:/wiki/Storage[Storage]