Dear all,
considering NVME storage for the next MDS.
As I understand, NVME disks are bundled in software, not by a hardware raid
controller.
This would be done using Linux software raid, mdadm, correct?
We have some experience with ZFS, which we use on our OSTs.
But I would like to stick to ldiskfs for the MDTs, and a zpool with a zvol on
top which is then formatted with ldiskfs - to much voodoo...
How is this handled elsewhere? Any experiences?
The available devices are quite large. If I create a raid-10 out of 4 disks, e.g. 7 TB each, my MDT will be 14 TB - already close to the 16 TB limit.
So no need for a box with lots of U.3 slots.
But for MDS operations, we will still need a powerful dual-CPU system with lots
of RAM.
Then the NVME devices should be distributed between the CPUs?
Is there a way to pinpoint this in a call for tender?
Best regards,
Thomas
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