Re: [Lustre-discuss] Rule of thumb for setting up lustre resources...

2008-06-17 Thread Mark True
*Size:*3.2 k Hey Brian, Thanks so much for the prompt response, I do have a couple of questions for clarification: Does the hardware makeup of the OSS affect the speed of the OSTs? If so, what is likely to be the bottleneck in an OSS. Say we have an OSS with 3 OSTs attatched, is that differen

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Rule of thumb for setting up lustre resources...

2008-06-17 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 09:40 -0400, Mark True wrote: > Thanks so much for the prompt response, I do have a couple of > questions for clarification: > > Does the hardware makeup of the OSS affect the speed of the OSTs? Of course. An OST is only going to go as fast as the hardware that it's made up

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Rule of thumb for setting up lustre resources...

2008-06-16 Thread Klaus Steden
Hi Mark, See my comments inline below. cheers, Klaus On 6/14/08 11:22 AM, "Mark True" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>did etch on stone tablets: > > Hello! > > I am new to the list, but I have been researching Lustre for quite some time > and finally have an occasion to use it. I am trying to do some ca

Re: [Lustre-discuss] Rule of thumb for setting up lustre resources...

2008-06-16 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Sat, 2008-06-14 at 14:22 -0400, Mark True wrote: > > Hello! Hi. > A> If increasing the number of OSTs increases throughput, is there a > relationship that can be used to determine how many OSTs we're likely > to need at the outset to establish a baseline minimum throughput. Of course. > For

[Lustre-discuss] Rule of thumb for setting up lustre resources...

2008-06-15 Thread Mark True
Hello! I am new to the list, but I have been researching Lustre for quite some time and finally have an occasion to use it. I am trying to do some capacity planning and I am wondering if there are some general rules of thumb for configuring a Lustre environment. Specifically: A> If increasing t