Hi all, I need create a cluster storage solution, my primary objective is performance and secondary is scalable. I've got a 50 machines (linux, like centos, with a compiled kernel) that need access to a storage solution (today is a opensolaris access with NFS). My questions are: 1 - I export a volume with iSCSI and configure a Gluster in the machines (like a OCFS2 or GFS)? 2 - I configure a gluster in the storage (opensolaris) and access with a gluster client? What's the best practice? What do you recommend for me? Gluster is recommended for performance? Thanks for your attention. Cheers, -- Roberto Scudeller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20110427/c0a76836/attachment.html>
You should clarify what you mean by 'performance'. For example, large file write, large file reads, small file writes, small file reads, etc... This will help rule in / out Gluster or other distributed file systems. Mike From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Roberto Scudeller Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:32 AM To: gluster-users at gluster.org Subject: [Gluster-users] Some questions about gluster Hi all, I need create a cluster storage solution, my primary objective is performance and secondary is scalable. I've got a 50 machines (linux, like centos, with a compiled kernel) that need access to a storage solution (today is a opensolaris access with NFS). My questions are: 1 - I export a volume with iSCSI and configure a Gluster in the machines (like a OCFS2 or GFS)? 2 - I configure a gluster in the storage (opensolaris) and access with a gluster client? What's the best practice? What do you recommend for me? Gluster is recommended for performance? Thanks for your attention. Cheers, -- Roberto Scudeller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20110427/0e3e279f/attachment.html>
Mike, I need performance for large files (more than 1GB), for write and read, more write. Thanks for your help. Cheers, -- Roberto Scudeller From: Mike Hanby <mhanby at uab.edu>> Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] Some questions about gluster > To: "gluster-users at gluster.org" <gluster-users at gluster.org> > Message-ID: > <11793174EFCFC64992C0A871A3FB66CF057F728B at UABEXMBS7.ad.uab.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > You should clarify what you mean by 'performance'. For example, large file > write, large file reads, small file writes, small file reads, etc... > > This will help rule in / out Gluster or other distributed file systems. > > Mike-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20110427/a1e95ff1/attachment.html>
On Wednesday 27 April 2011 08:01 PM, Roberto Scudeller wrote:> Hi all, > > I need create a cluster storage solution, my primary objective is > performance and secondary is scalable. > > I've got a 50 machines (linux, like centos, with a compiled kernel) that > need access to a storage solution (today is a opensolaris access with NFS). > > My questions are: > > 1 - I export a volume with iSCSI and configure a Gluster in the machines > (like a OCFS2 or GFS)?GlusterFS requires a disk based filesystem to do the actual IO. You cannot "format" a raw-disk/iSCSI-volume directly with GlusterFS.> 2 - I configure a gluster in the storage (opensolaris) and access with a > gluster client?I presume, by this you mean that you have an existing OpenSolaris installation, which probably has a UFS/ZFS filesystem over which you want to configure GlusterFS. If so, yes. This is how you use GlusterFS. Another point. Why do you classify OpenSolaris as storage? It is an Operating System. And, of course, "Open" no more... Pavan> > What's the best practice? > > What do you recommend for me? Gluster is recommended for performance? > > Thanks for your attention. > > Cheers, > -- > Roberto Scudeller > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users