Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Nux!
On 28.02.2014 13:15, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote: > Hi, > > over time the requirements and possibilities regarding filesystems > changed for our users. > > currently I'm faced with the question: > > What might be a good way to provide one big filesystem for a few users > which could als

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | Hi, | | over time the requirements and possibilities regarding filesystems | changed for our users. | | currently I'm faced with the question: | | What might be a good way to provide one big filesystem for a few | users | which could also be enlarged; backuping the

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator > > What might be a good way to provide one big filesystem for a few users > which could also be enlarged; backuping the data is not the question. Really? Does that mean you already have a backup, don't care if you lose it, or that y

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

2014-02-28 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/28/2014 08:45 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> This keeps /home and /var in separate filesystems, too, and there are >> advantages to that. > 'Resize as needed' is not at all the same as sharing a pool of space. Exactly, and I would posit that

Re: [CentOS] Centos 6.5 on USB stick performance / stalls

2014-02-28 Thread David G . Miller
Rainer Traut writes: > > Hi, > > I am running C6.5 64bit on an USB stick connected to a HP DL360G7; > It is usually an ESXi host but eg for firmware updates (not available on > SPP) I use this local installation. > > Problem are the lags and unresponsiveness we are seeing for example when >

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/28/2014 08:15 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote: > ... > Big in that context is up to couple of 100 TB may be. > > ... > From my POV I could e.g. use hardware raidboxes, and use LVM and > filesystem growth options to extend the final share, but what if one of > the boxes crash totally

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator a écrit : > Hi, > If you are to have an ever-growing volume, I’d suggest some distributed FS, like glusterfs, moosefs, lustre… You need more space ? Add a box. We do use happily moosefs at work for a couple years (begun with a couple TB, now up to 250). HTH

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Phelps, Matt wrote: > I'd highly recommend getting a NetApp storage device for something that big. > > It's more expensive up front, but the amount of heartache/time saved in the > long run is WELL worth it. > My vote would be for a ZFS-based storage solution

Re: [CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Phelps, Matt
I'd highly recommend getting a NetApp storage device for something that big. It's more expensive up front, but the amount of heartache/time saved in the long run is WELL worth it. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator < goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de> wrote: > Hi, >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

2014-02-28 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/26/2014 04:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Is there a way to get /home, /var, and /opt installed as directories > on that other "one big partition"? /var in particular has an odd mix > of OS and 'your' data and logs that may turn out to be big. And you > may not know ahead of time what to all

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

2014-02-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 02/26/2014 04:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Is there a way to get /home, /var, and /opt installed as directories >> on that other "one big partition"? /var in particular has an odd mix >> of OS and 'your' data and logs that may turn out to be

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

2014-02-28 Thread SilverTip257
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg < nicolas.thierry-m...@imag.fr> wrote: > On 02/27/2014 08:03 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > > Thanks to all the replies... Very interesting stuff... However I'm > still > > trying to understand how to have a hardware RAID 5 (4x 1TB disk) system > an

[CentOS] suggestions for large filesystem server setup (n * 100 TB)

2014-02-28 Thread Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator
Hi, over time the requirements and possibilities regarding filesystems changed for our users. currently I'm faced with the question: What might be a good way to provide one big filesystem for a few users which could also be enlarged; backuping the data is not the question. Big in that context i

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install

2014-02-28 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
On 02/27/2014 08:03 PM, Kenny Noe wrote: > Thanks to all the replies... Very interesting stuff... However I'm still > trying to understand how to have a hardware RAID 5 (4x 1TB disk) system and > load CentOS on it. I'm looking for the UEFI bios but don't understand > this. I want to install LV