[Gluster-users] booster

2009-09-13 Thread Stephan von Krawczynski
Hello all, we would like to try a simple booster configuration. Reading the docs we found this: (http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Booster_Configuration_Reference_Page) "Still, applications that need to use the old approach, can do so by simply mounting GlusterFS and point

Re: [Gluster-users] very low file creation rate with glusterfs -- result updates

2009-09-13 Thread Anand Avati
On 9/13/09, Wei Dong wrote: > OK, so the previous good results are indeed too good to be true. Here's a > more reasonable evaluation > http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~wdong/gluster/large.gif where > I enlarged the number of images created by 10x so everything no longer fit > in main memory. Still

[Gluster-users] libglusterfsclient

2009-09-13 Thread David Saez Padros
Hi Is libglusterfsclient a library that oone can use to build applications that read/write to glusterfs file systems directly, bypassing fuse ? if so, were can i find documentation/examples on how to use it ? -- Thanx & best regards ... --

Re: [Gluster-users] very low file creation rate with glusterfs -- result updates

2009-09-13 Thread Wei Dong
Yes, they are all using booster without actually mounting the directory on the client side. - Wei Anand Avati wrote: On 9/13/09, Wei Dong wrote: OK, so the previous good results are indeed too good to be true. Here's a more reasonable evaluation http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~wdong/gluster

[Gluster-users] problem with booster when multiple volumes are exported per node

2009-09-13 Thread Wei Dong
Hi All, I'm experiencing a problem of booster when the server side nodes have more than one volumes exported. The symptom is that when I run "ls MOUNT_POINT" with booster, I get something like the following: ls: closing directory MOUNT_POINT: File descriptor in bad state. The server configu

Re: [Gluster-users] booster

2009-09-13 Thread Shehjar Tikoo
Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: Hello all, we would like to try a simple booster configuration. Reading the docs we found this: (http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Booster_Configuration_Reference_Page) "Still, applications that need to use the old approach, can do so

Re: [Gluster-users] libglusterfsclient

2009-09-13 Thread Shehjar Tikoo
David Saez Padros wrote: Hi Is libglusterfsclient a library that oone can use to build applications that read/write to glusterfs file systems directly, bypassing fuse ? if so, were can i find documentation/examples on how to use it ? That is correct. It is like a user-space API. It allows

Re: [Gluster-users] very low file creation rate with glusterfs -- result updates

2009-09-13 Thread Shehjar Tikoo
Wei Dong wrote: By using booster, I actually avoid being root on the client side. It would be perfect if the servers can also be run by regular users, even if that means that some features have to be deleted. Can someone explain a little bit why the server side must be run by root? There ar

Re: [Gluster-users] booster with apache

2009-09-13 Thread Shehjar Tikoo
Alan Ivey wrote: Can someone post some configuration files for using booster with apache? I understand how booster works, but I'm curious to see how to implement it with the Centos init.d scripts, specifically for httpd. In general, it'd be great to see some real-world examples of how boos