Re: [Moosefs-users] moosefs-users Digest, Vol 27, Issue 22

[mARK b. <mb...@gm...>]

Thanks, Ahn, but I was asking what rack awareness IS, not whether it
is present.  I tried it out, and it didn't do what I was hoping it
would.  I don't know what it does, and I can find no documentation on
it.


> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:58:53 +0700
> From: "Anh K. Huynh" <anh...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [Moosefs-users] what is rack awareness?
> To: moo...@li...
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> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:36:18 -0400
> mARK bLOORE <mb...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> is there a description of what "rack awareness" means in mfs? i did a
>> simple test of the assumption (and hope) that files would be
>> distributed to have at least one copy in each server group, but that
>> did not happen.  in fact the files i created started out with copies
>> randomly distributed among chunk servers, but ended up all in one
>> server group.
>>
>
> In the latest version 2.6.24, there is a support. You can check in
> "topology" configuration (distributed in the default installation of
> MFS 1.6.24). I've never tried but I think that's what you're looking
> for. There isn't similiar support in any previous version.
>
> Regards,
>
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> coming up it."
> -- Henry Allen
>

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mARK bLOORE <mb...@gm...>