Ecosystem

The Linux SCSI Target Wiki

The Ecosystem of the LIO Linux SCSI Target is growing - it is being used in many IP SANs, and LIO has been building a comprehensive partner network. If you'd like to be included here, please contact us.

Users

The LIO Linux SCSI Target is used in hundreds of IP SAN deployments world-wide, together with pretty much all existing operating systems. Here is a brief cross-section of some of its users.

		TeraStation TS-VH and TS-X based on LIO. VMware ESX 4.0 and vSphere certification.
		Datenwerk-IT complete non-stop systems based on LIO storage.
		Digitally Accurate non-stop storage solutions.
		Dedup appliances based on LIO.
		Next generation infrastructure based on LIO.
		ReadyNAS appliances based on LIO. VMware ESX 4.0 and vSphere certification.
		LIO provides unified storage for Onstor filers.
		Leading high-performance iSCSI to SCSI bridges.
		Endura IP Video Surveillance products based on LIO.
		The first all-flash enterprise array based on LIO. vSphere 5 certification.
		Txx9 appliances based on LIO. VMware ESX 4.0 and vSphere certification.
		Award-winning scale-out arrays based on LIO. VMware ESX 4.0 and vSphere certification.
		Eternal (aka 1,500) year city archive based on LIO. "LIO is as easy to use as IT should be, including its high-availability features - just like plug and play. 'Eternal storage' in minutes." Horst Bräuner, CIO
		Synology NAS appliances based on LIO. VMware ESX 4.0 and vSphere certification.

Partners

The LIO Linux SCSI Target has built an extensive partner ecosystem that helps building, extending and distributing our target framework. Here are some of the key members.

		Partner for high-performance 10 GbE switches.
		Strategic VAR for RTS OS based storage systems in Europe.
		Partner for Fibre Channel technology.
		Contributor of the FCoE fabric module.
		Storage experts and service partner in Europe.
		Enterprise-grade technology solutions built on the open source Eucalyptus software for private and hybrid cloud computing.
		Long-time partner for high-performance 10 GbE switches.
		Partner for very high-performance flash memory based storage solutions.
		Partner and contributor for high-speed networking technology.
		Long-time partner for high-availability clustering.
		Partner for InfiniBand fabric support.
		Partner for IBM virtual SCSI fabric module.
		Contributor of QLogic Fibre Channel HBA fabric module.
		Joint project to achieve 10 GigE line speed I/O for a single KVM VM.
		Strategic hardware partner for storage systems based on RTS OS.
		Strategic software partner for RTS OS.
		Strategic platform partner.