From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ookhoi Subject: Re: reiserfs for cluster Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:57:16 +0200 Message-ID: <20030506165716.G2196@humilis> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030506160902.03b1da60@pop.puretec.de> Reply-To: ookhoi@humilis.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030506160902.03b1da60@pop.puretec.de> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Juergen Waiblinger Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Juergen Waiblinger wrote (ao): > we are running different beowulf clusters and the storage amount > increases all the time. Until now we have been using Veritas > Clusterfilesystem, but for different reasons we want to go for an > other solution. As we are using reiserfs quite happily on the desktops > we thought about using this for the storagesubsystem attached to the > masterserver of the cluster. > there will only be sun and linux machines accessing the files but > there will be concurrent file access. > Has anybody tried this or could give some other solutions Any > information will be appreciated With the current 300GB sata disks, 3ware controllers and a full tower which can handle 20 disks you can create a 5.3TB raid. mkreiserfs it, stress-test it for a while and see if it works for you. Also try xfs and compare it with reiserfs.