[Beowulf] Distributed FS (Was: copying big files)
Robert Latham
robl at mcs.anl.gov
Thu Aug 14 05:55:05 PDT 2008
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 07:23:10AM +0200, Carsten Aulbert wrote:
> Speaking of this, what do people use when they have say ~ 200 nodes
> with an extra 1 TB drive in it. I know of glusterFS but very few
> others who will be able to utilize this in a somewhat efficient
> matter. Are the good/better alternatives out there?
>
> Extending your storage that way is just darn cheap.
Take a look at PVFS (www.pvfs.org). Disclaimer: I work on PVFS, but
seriously, PVFS has been used this way for a decade.
==rob
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Rob Latham
Mathematics and Computer Science Division A215 0178 EA2D B059 8CDF
Argonne National Lab, IL USA B29D F333 664A 4280 315B
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