Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-18 Thread Fernando Frediani (Qube)
-boun...@gluster.org] On Behalf Of Arnold Krille Sent: 15 June 2012 23:10 To: gluster-users@gluster.org Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster Gotta wear my BAARF-hat: On 15.06.2012 12:14, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: Going to the idea of using RAID controllers would you think

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-18 Thread Rodrigo Severo
. Rodrigo Fernando -Original Message- From: gluster-users-boun...@gluster.org [mailto: gluster-users-boun...@gluster.org] On Behalf Of Arnold Krille Sent: 15 June 2012 23:10 To: gluster-users@gluster.org Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster Gotta wear my BAARF-hat

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-18 Thread Brian Candler
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 09:01:02AM +, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: Given that Gluster is not for high performance (low latency) applications, RAID 5 seems to be a good option Remember that low latency and high throughput are two different things. RAID5 will give you low throughput as

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-15 Thread Fernando Frediani (Qube)
is what a single RAID logical volume where the file resides can do. Regards, Fernando -Original Message- From: Brian Candler [mailto:b.cand...@pobox.com] Sent: 14 June 2012 14:55 To: Fernando Frediani (Qube) Cc: 'gluster-users@gluster.org' Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-15 Thread Jeff Darcy
On 06/15/2012 06:14 AM, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: Going to the idea of using RAID controllers would you think that for say 16 disks(or 12) Raid 5 would be fine given the data is already replicated somewhere in another node in a very unlikely event you loose a node. If you're already

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-15 Thread Arnold Krille
Gotta wear my BAARF-hat: On 15.06.2012 12:14, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: Going to the idea of using RAID controllers would you think that for say 16 disks(or 12) Raid 5 would be fine given the data is already replicated somewhere in another node in a very unlikely event you loose a

[Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Fernando Frediani (Qube)
I think this discussion probably came up here already but I couldn't find much on the archives. Would you able to comment or correct whatever might look wrong. What options people think is more adequate to use with Gluster in terms of RAID underneath and a good balance between cost, usable

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread George Machitidze
Hi, Some corrections... Cons: Extra cost of the RAID controller. Performance of the array is equivalent a single disk + RAID controller caching features. RAID doesn’t scale well beyond ~16 disks Performance of the array is not equivalent of a single disk and doesn't depend only on cache

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Fernando Frediani (Qube)
: gluster-users@gluster.org Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster Hi, Some corrections... Cons: Extra cost of the RAID controller. Performance of the array is equivalent a single disk + RAID controller caching features. RAID doesn’t scale well beyond ~16 disks Performance of the array

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Marcus Bointon
On 14 Jun 2012, at 15:22, Fernando Frediani (Qube) fernando.fredi...@qubenet.net wrote: Well, as far as I know the amount of IOPS you can get from a RAID 5/6 is the same that you get from a single disk. The write can not be acknowledged until it is written to all the data and parity disks.

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Fernando Frediani (Qube)
Of Marcus Bointon Sent: 14 June 2012 14:34 To: gluster-users@gluster.org Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster On 14 Jun 2012, at 15:22, Fernando Frediani (Qube) fernando.fredi...@qubenet.net wrote: Well, as far as I know the amount of IOPS you can get from a RAID 5/6 is the same

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Jeff Darcy
On 06/14/2012 09:33 AM, Marcus Bointon wrote: On 14 Jun 2012, at 15:22, Fernando Frediani (Qube) fernando.fredi...@qubenet.net wrote: Well, as far as I know the amount of IOPS you can get from a RAID 5/6 is the same that you get from a single disk. The write can not be acknowledged until it

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Joe Landman
On 06/14/2012 07:06 AM, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: I think this discussion probably came up here already but I couldn’t find much on the archives. Would you able to comment or correct whatever might look wrong. What options people think is more adequate to use with Gluster in terms of RAID

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Brian Candler
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 01:21:29PM +, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: Well, as far as I know the amount of IOPS you can get from a RAID 5/6 is the same that you get from a single disk. The write can not be acknowledged until it is written to all the data and parity disks. Nope.

Re: [Gluster-users] RAID options for Gluster

2012-06-14 Thread Brian Candler
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:06:32AM +, Fernando Frediani (Qube) wrote: No RAID (individual hot swappable disks): Each disk is a brick individually (server:/disk1, server:/disk2, etc) so no RAID controller is required. As the data is replicated if one fail the data must exist