Re: Block layout rpm

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

On 11/29/2010 05:26 PM, Jim Rees wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>    "pNFS will work with 32-bit linux and lesser hardware, but the you
>    will not obtain the performance benefits of pNFS."
>
>    That's just silly, and, I might even go so far as to say "wrong".
>    The benefits of direct-to-storage access, without an MDS middle-man,
>    are quite noticable even for 32-bit, underpowered, and/or embedded
>    clients.
>
> Agreed.  It used to say 64-bit only, and I added the part about 32-bit
> because it does run on 32-bit, but really that should just come out.  I'll
> fix it.

Thanks.

I'd also say, with my networking hat on, the VLAN statement is 
unqualified.  VLAN is not necessary for pNFS, but the way the statement 
reads to me, I get the opposite impression.

pNFS works quite well if you're just a 1U client with a single NIC, for 
example.

	Jeff