Hi,
This is my first message to this list. I have been using Fedora 16 and NFSv4 for sometime, and would like to give NFSv4.1 with the pNFS extension a try.
I understand that according to http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/NFSv41_Introduction NFSv4.1 is really developer-only at this point, but it should "mostly work" - that's good enough for me.
The wiki http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_pNFS/spnfsd, states that "As of early 2011, it is mostly unmaintained, and we no longer recommend its use". It then points to http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/PNFS_server_projects. But, as far as spNFS is concerned, the two wiki pages form a circular reference. The other options for file layout are no go either.
Then, there is this: http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/PNFS_Setup_Instructions
which seems to indicate that with a pNFS enabled kernel, a determined user can start testing NFSv4.1 + pNFS. Steve Dickson even has a repository here: http://steved.fedorapeople.org/repos/pnfs/devel/x86_64/rpms/
Can anyone kind enough to give a short summary as to how to proceed for testing NFSv4.1 + pNFS using Fedora 16 nodes as servers?
As of now, all my Fedora 16 nodes have the following from a regular kickstart install:
[root@fedora0 ~]# uname -a
Linux fedora0 3.3.2-6.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Apr 21 12:43:20 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@fedora0 ~]# rpm -q nfs-utils
nfs-utils-1.2.5-5.fc16.x86_64
[root@fedora0 ~]# cat /proc/fs/nfsd/versions
+2 +3 +4 -4.1
Thanks,
Zack
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your suggestion.
Zack
>
> My impression is that the most likely to work possibilities
> are either the exofs-based or gfs2-based servers.? Boaz Harosh
> might be able to help with the latter.? I don't know if the wiki
> instructions are up to date.? You probably need to build a kernel
> from Benny's git tree in either case.
>
> --b.
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:00:56PM -0700, Zack Perry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first message to this list. I have been using Fedora 16 and NFSv4 for sometime, and would like to give NFSv4.1 with the pNFS extension a try.
>
> I understand that according to http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/NFSv41_Introduction NFSv4.1 is really developer-only at this point, but it should "mostly work" - that's good enough for me.
>
> The wiki http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_pNFS/spnfsd, states that "As of early 2011, it is mostly unmaintained, and we no longer recommend its use". It then points to http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/PNFS_server_projects. But, as far as spNFS is concerned, the two wiki pages form a circular reference. The other options for file layout are no go either.
>
> Then, there is this: http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/PNFS_Setup_Instructions
> which seems to indicate that with a pNFS enabled kernel, a determined user can start testing NFSv4.1 + pNFS. Steve Dickson even has a repository here: http://steved.fedorapeople.org/repos/pnfs/devel/x86_64/rpms/
>
> Can anyone kind enough to give a short summary as to how to proceed for testing NFSv4.1 + pNFS using Fedora 16 nodes as servers?
My impression is that the most likely to work possibilities are either
the exofs-based or gfs2-based servers. Boaz Harosh might be able to
help with the latter. I don't know if the wiki instructions are up to
date. You probably need to build a kernel from Benny's git tree in
either case.
--b.
>
> As of now, all my Fedora 16 nodes have the following from a regular kickstart install:
> [root@fedora0 ~]# uname -a
> Linux fedora0 3.3.2-6.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Apr 21 12:43:20 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [root@fedora0 ~]# rpm -q nfs-utils
> nfs-utils-1.2.5-5.fc16.x86_64
> [root@fedora0 ~]# cat /proc/fs/nfsd/versions
> +2 +3 +4 -4.1
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zack
>
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hi, sorry for the late reply, and thanks Bruce!
The linux-pnfs tree is here:
git://linux-nfs.org/~bhalevy/linux-pnfs.git
What layout type are you interested to test?
Currently, the block layout back-end is not in an operational state and unfortunately
it's not actively maintained.
For the files layout, as Bruce mentioned, you can use the gfs2-based server that does
parallel reads, but writes only via the MDS, and the pnfsd-lexp (local export) testing
back end that exports a local file system over pnfs, playing both the MDS and a single DS
on the server.
The objects layout can be tested using the pnfsd-exofs back end, which is the most complete
implementation right now. Again, as Bruce correctly pointed out :)
Boaz Harrosh <[email protected]> would be able to help you with that.
Benny
On 2012-04-30 23:33, Zack Perry wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
>
> Zack
>
>>
>> My impression is that the most likely to work possibilities
>> are either the exofs-based or gfs2-based servers. Boaz Harosh
>> might be able to help with the latter. I don't know if the wiki
>> instructions are up to date. You probably need to build a kernel
>> from Benny's git tree in either case.
>>
>> --b.
>
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