Re: [SSI-devel] About Lustre 1.2.x for OpenSSI
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From: Roger T. <rog...@gm...> - 2005-03-30 21:31:46
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I can't seem to access http://openssi.org/contrib/lustre/lustre-Root/lconf On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:37:52 -0800, Jaideep Dharap <Jai...@hp...> wrote: > > The Lustre version 1.2.4 is available for OpenSSI for Fedora Core. Te > kernel and the lustre package has to be built from source currently. The > next release for Fedora Core should have the rpms (not sure when the > next release will be > though) > > Instructions are available at: > http://www.openssi.org/contrib/lustre/lustre-1.2.4-Howto > > Let me know if you seen any problems. > Jai. > > Jaideep Dharap wrote: > > > Unfortunately, I havent had any success on pinning down it yet. Will > > let you guys know as soon > > as I have something. > > > > Jaideep Dharap wrote: > > > >> I am currently trying to pin down a memory leak which is eating up a > >> lot of memory. Will have > >> a patch by later today hopefully. > >> Jai. > >> > >> Jaideep Dharap wrote: > >> > >>> Ok. So I decided to give it a quick shot and see how painful it was > >>> going to support 1.2.4. > >>> I was expecting that there would be a lot of patch conflicts. > >>> > >>> But I have been able to compile the kernel (with all the lustre > >>> 1.2.4 patches) > >>> successfully. The lustre packages have been compiled as well. I will > >>> do some rudimentary > >>> testing on Monday when I am back at work. > >>> We should be able to have lustre 1.2.4 package for OpenSSI next week. > >>> Jai. > >>> > >>> Roger Tsang wrote: > >>> > >>>>> I am not sure how much of a demand there is for lustre currently. > >>>>> As a > >>>>> result, > >>>>> unfortunately it might be some time before I get to working on a > >>>>> release > >>>>> for > >>>>> lustre 1.2.4 on OpenSSI. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Well you've got me too. There will be more demand in some form if > >>>> someone makes more "noise". > >>>> > >>>> I'm willing to help out with making Lustre 1.2.4 work on SSI as this > >>>> version adds zero-config, liblustre, and HA MDS/OSS which is somewhat > >>>> more attractive than 1.0.4 and in my opinion further compliments the > >>>> goals of SSI. I'm sure others like me have been waiting for 1.2.x to > >>>> come out before giving it more thought. > >>>> > >>>> As we know Lustre guarantees IO and metadata atomicity just like GFS > >>>> (see below). So it seems possible to consider mounting Lustre CFS > >>>> parallel as we already do GFS which hopefully will boost CFS chard > >>>> performance - John? Come to thought if we can't CFS mount Lustre > >>>> parallel there's no point pursuing this further in SSI. > >>>> > >>>> I'll do a zero-config SSI cluster using HA Lustre on channel bonded > >>>> DRBD clusters with the same auto-recovery manager that Lustre 1.4.x is > >>>> coming out with. This doesn't seem hard to setup as long as the > >>>> software works as advertised :p > >>>> > >>>> "Lustre's network protocols were designed from the beginning to be > >>>> completely recoverable. All transaction state is retained until the > >>>> data is safely on disk, which allows Lustre to replay any lost > >>>> operations if a server is rebooted or loses power. > >>>> > >>>> Even if a server fails while applications are using the file system, > >>>> Lustre guarantees coherent data and metadata, and applications > >>>> continue uninterrupted." > >>>> http://www.clusterfs.com/compare.html#recovery > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -Roger > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------- > >>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > >>> users. > >>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > >>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> ssic-linux-devel mailing list > >>> ssi...@li... > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ssic-linux-devel > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > |