From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wido den Hollander Subject: Re: Ideal hardware spec? Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:59:52 +0200 Message-ID: <5035FF18.3030209@widodh.nl> References: <20120822135530.GB10015@csail.mit.edu> <5034E9F3.10001@widodh.nl> <20120822154615.GF10015@csail.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp01.mail.pcextreme.nl ([109.72.87.137]:50181 "EHLO smtp01.mail.pcextreme.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758191Ab2HWJ7z (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:59:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20120822154615.GF10015@csail.mit.edu> Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Jonathan Proulx Cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org On 08/22/2012 05:46 PM, Jonathan Proulx wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 04:17:23PM +0200, Wido den Hollander wrote: > > :On 08/22/2012 03:55 PM, Jonathan Proulx wrote: > > :You can also use the USB sticks[0] from Stec, they have servergrade > :onboard USB sticks for these kind of applications. > > Those look quite interesting. > They should be much more reliable than regular USB sticks due to their SLC memory. You could also take a look at these: http://www.transcend-info.com/industry/products_details.asp?CatNo=2&SerNo=14&ModNo=28&Func1No=1 > :A couple of questions still need to be answered though: > :* Which OS are you planning on using? Ubuntu 12.04 is recommended > > Ubuntu 12.04 is our current preferred OS > That should work fine. > :* Which filesystem do you want to use underneath the OSDs? > > Whatever I can get to work best in testing :) > > Since this is for a research platform not a product I'd likely start with > BTRFS and see if it is "stable enough" and "performant enough" with > fall back to XFS if needed > BTRFS is indeed the best in terms of features. I'd recommend using a recent kernel like 3.5. Wido > -Jon > > :Wido > : > :[0]: http://www.stec-inc.com/product/ufm.php > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >