[Moosefs-users] chunkserver priority?

[Giovanni T. <gt...@li...>]

Hi,

I was wondering about the ability to configure a priority flag for each 
available chunkserver:

on my setup I have two servers, a master+chunk and a metalogger+chunk, 
and a bunch of desktop client (now ~50, but they will probably increase 
in the future). Each client has a spare disk of 40/80/160 GB, that are 
mostly unused.

What if I use each desktop client as a small chunk server?

The problem is that even with an high number of goal, maybe some chunks 
will be placed on nodes that are currently offline on a particular 
moment of the day (mostly part-time worker here).

If I was able to configure as high priority the 2 big chunkserver and as 
low priority the small chunkservers, I would be pretty sure that at 
least the first two copies of a chunk are always on the servers.

Any comment is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

-- 
Giovanni Toraldo
http://www.libersoft.it/