I haven't seen a status (or statistics) recently for OCFS2. How is it doing? I can't remember whether it's suitable as a general purpose clustered file system.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:56 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Cluster File System for HA > > Depends on the characteristics of the I/O. If it's primarily > read-only I/O, then either AFS or Lustre would be a good > choice. AFS also has the advantage of allowing the servers to > be geographically distributed as well, which would help with > availability. If it's primarily write traffic, then Lustre or > GPFS would probably be my pick, with a preference for Lustre, > as GPFS doesn't support as many platforms and is > closed-source (read very expensive). > > AFS will be getting some work in the near future to balance > out the read/write tradeoff, and it's got the longest track > record of the bunch. It also has the best support available > (both commercial and non-commercial). > > Lustre is a bit finicky to get started, but can seriously > stress a zSeries I/O subsystem once configured properly -- > done right, it'll give z/OS a run for it's money for I/O > volumes. Getting to that point is fairly difficult, though. > > Hasn't been much work on GFS recently. Since the Red Hat > takeover, they've pretty much left the 390 port lying on the > ground bleeding profusely. > > You'd have to ask IBM about GPFS development. Costs too much > for me to get much experience with it. > > > ________________________________ > > From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Yu Safin > Sent: Tue 5/8/2007 5:26 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Cluster File System for HA > > > > On 4/17/07, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lustre > > OpenAFS > > OpenDFS > > OpenGFS > > GPFS > David, > which one would you recommend for a heavy I/O bound file > system for a production environment where availability is critical? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
