Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread Fajar A. Nugraha
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Mathew, Gigi (JSC-EG)[Jacobs Technology] wrote: > Rafael: > > Thanks for your reply.  I believe NFS over GFS2 should be the solution. > > Now I have a question about GFS performance fine tuning.  Is there any > documents do you recommend? Since you specifically

RE: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread Mathew, Gigi (JSC-EG)[Jacobs Technology]
...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rafael Micó Miranda Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:19 AM To: linux clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS Hi Gigi, El vie, 25-09-2009 a las 19:09 -0500, Mathew, Gigi (JSC-EG)[Jacobs Technology] escribió: > Hi: > > > > I am con

Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 4:13 PM, brem belguebli wrote: > Hi, > > The last sentence seems to mean that Gigi wants to create a GFS on top > of a NFS FS. > > This GFS will be then exported thru NFS . whaa?? If I have understood correctly, GFS is a "cooked" filesystem (like ext3/jfs/xfs

Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread brem belguebli
Hi, NFS is file-oriented, not block device oriented. On both client and server side, NFS handles filesystems not block devices. GFS relies on block devices to run, not regular files (like all other filesystems, except NFS that relies on a lower level filesystem: ext3, GFS, etc.) Indeed, bui

Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread Rafael Micó Miranda
Hi Brem, If Gigi wants to build and storage architecture of "GFS over NFS over GFS" i would say "this can't be done". As i said in my previous mail: "GFS is a filesystem you use over a device or partition. NFS is a file sharing protocol you use to export an already existing filesystem (EXT2, EXT

Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread brem belguebli
Hi, The last sentence seems to mean that Gigi wants to create a GFS on top of a NFS FS. This GFS will be then exported thru NFS . Gigi, is that wjat you want to do ? PS: how is it going Rafael ? 2009/9/27 Rafael Micó Miranda : > Hi Gigi, > > El vie, 25-09-2009 a las 19:09 -0500, Mathew, Gigi (

Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-27 Thread Rafael Micó Miranda
Hi Gigi, El vie, 25-09-2009 a las 19:09 -0500, Mathew, Gigi (JSC-EG)[Jacobs Technology] escribió: > Hi: > > > > I am configuring a Dell EqualLogic iSCSI array in a RHEL 5.3 platform > with two GFS2 volumes with RedHat Cluster Suite using DRAC (primary) > and APC (secondary) fencing devices. I

[Linux-cluster] GFS Volume Over NFS

2009-09-25 Thread Mathew, Gigi (JSC-EG)[Jacobs Technology]
Hi: I am configuring a Dell EqualLogic iSCSI array in a RHEL 5.3 platform with two GFS2 volumes with RedHat Cluster Suite using DRAC (primary) and APC (secondary) fencing devices. In my cluster configuration I have DELL Servers (PE R900, PE6800, PE2800, PE1950) Blades (PE M1000, PE1955, PE1855