I know the largest possible OST is 8TB, but is that a recommended size? I wan to avoid maintaining many objects therefore I was thinking of creating 10x8TB OSTs on 10 OSS. Was wondering what kind of problems can arise. TIA
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 07:20 -0400, Mag Gam wrote:> I know the largest possible OST is 8TB, but is that a recommended > size?Sure, if it meets your needs.> I wan to avoid maintaining many objects therefore I was thinking > of creating 10x8TB OSTs on 10 OSS. Was wondering what kind of problems > can arise.None that I am aware of. There is certainly no reason not to configure it that way. b. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.lustre.org/pipermail/lustre-discuss/attachments/20090805/24dc9bed/attachment.bin
On Aug 05, 2009 07:20 -0400, Mag Gam wrote:> I know the largest possible OST is 8TB, but is that a recommended > size? I wan to avoid maintaining many objects therefore I was thinking > of creating 10x8TB OSTs on 10 OSS. Was wondering what kind of problems > can arise.There are many customers running with 8TB OSTs. Depending on your network bandwidth and RAM, you could consolidate the OSTs to fewer OSS nodes to reduce the cost. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.