[gPXE] Boot from remote SAN as quickly as possible

[Erik Loman]

Hello all,

I am new to this mailing list and I have several questions.

I saw a YouTube video (from Phoenix) were they show how to boot Windows
7 in 10 seconds. I want to do that as well, but this time using a
diskless PC and boot from a remote SAN. I plan to use Intel Atom boards
with EFI bios that support Intel Rapid BIOS Boot to minimize bios boot
time (Intel D510MO).

I have several questions:

1. Should I either use iSCSI or AoE? Which one is faster? (the machines
are on a local network)

2. Which iSCSI or AoE target software (for Windows) supports
non-persistent writes? Which one do you recommend? (either commercial
or free software)

3. I read that gPXE uses DHCP to determine how and what file to boot. Is
using a boot script significantly faster?

I know, many questions. But if you have an answer to at least one of
these questions I am very grateful.

Best regards,
Erik