[ale] distributed network file system

[vernard at venger.net (Vernard Martin)]

On 06/25/2012 04:49 PM, John Heim wrote:
> I would like to set up a distributed network file system in my department.
> There is a dizzying array of possibilities, gfarmfs, ceph, glusterfs, just
> to name a few.
>
> Needs:
> 1. Should work on a large number of small nodes, 100Gb each.
> 2. Parallelism&  striping.
> 3. Prefer debian package, GPL.
> 4. Meta data in mysql would be nice.
>
> Any experience and/or recommendations?
>
> __
PVFS or Lustre work quite wellf or these tasks. I've managed to use 
gigabit ethernet to tie together 16 nodes with only 75GB each on them to 
form a fast filesystem. Also, Fghs is new on the block and very nice as 
well.

V