Re: [Lustre-discuss] Lustre Solution Delivery

2008-03-27 Thread Larry McIntosh
Brennan, One needs SAM-QFS Linux client on a given node that is a lustre client. There can be multiples of these within a cluster. This client(s) can then move (copy data) between SAM and Lustre. This has been put in place at a number of places for Sun customers such as DKRZ in Germany.

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Lustre Solution Delivery

2008-03-27 Thread Larry McIntosh
Brennan, One needs SAM-QFS Linux client on a given node that is a lustre client. There can be multiples of these within a cluster. This client(s) can then move (copy data) between SAM and Lustre. This has been put in place at a number of places for Sun customers such as DKRZ in Germany.

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Counting stat calls on an MDS with collectl

2008-03-27 Thread Mark Seger
perhaps you haven't drunk the collectl kool-aid yet. 9-) with collectl you can dynamically monitor lots of system resources in real-time including lustre. here's an example on a system using GigE as the interconnect but I could just have easily choses to show IB, memory or a variety of other

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Counting stat calls on an MDS with collectl

2008-03-27 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 17:01 -0400, Mark Seger wrote: perhaps you haven't drunk the collectl kool-aid yet. 9-) I have been reading the discussion about collectl, yes. with collectl you can dynamically monitor lots of system resources in real-time including lustre. here's an example on a

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Counting stat calls on an MDS with collectl

2008-03-27 Thread Mark Seger
Hrm. I'm not following how this relates to your query about a non-zero value for statfs. I was assuming you found a counter for statfs and didn't know what could trigger it being increased. That is what I was answering to. ok, I understand. perhaps a better way to have framed the