Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.160.53]:36613 "EHLO mail-pb0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752864AbaCNATg (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:19:36 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f53.google.com with SMTP id rp16so1832771pbb.12 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53224B13.4040203@primarydata.com> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 02:19:31 +0200 From: Benny Halevy MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-nfs CC: Michael Maymann Subject: Fwd: Re: [nfsv4] PNFS questions References: <047d7bf0e158e2cae904f485b5fc@google.com> In-Reply-To: <047d7bf0e158e2cae904f485b5fc@google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Resending as the original message bounced back (html). -------- Original Message -------- From: Benny Halevy Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:56:44 +0200 Subject: Re: [nfsv4] PNFS questions To: Michael Maymann , NFS list Cc: "nfsv4@ietf.org" Michael, the IETF mailing list is really not the right place to ask about commercial solutions in general or linux solutions in particular. Cc'ing the linux-nfs mailing list. Comments in line below. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Michael Maymann wrote: > Hi list, > > I'm setting up a new BIO-HPC facility and are looking for a fault > tolerant, scalable, fast and priceeffective storage solution. > > I have been looking at Coraid, Panasas and Lustre, but would like to > investigate my options also of building my own PNFS solution. Clients are > all Debian based. > > Can anyone recommend: > 1. If PNFS is ready for production or if I should stick with a commercial > vendor or build a Lustre solution ? > There is no pNFS server implementation in upstream linux yet. We maintain a development out-of-kernel tree in git:// linux-nfs.org/~bhalevy/linux-pnfs.git but it is not production ready. > 2. PNFS Metadata server SW prefferably for Debian ? > ditto #1 > 3. PNFS Diskshelfs to be used ? > In pNFS terminology, these are Data Servers. > 4. If AOE (ATA Over Ethernet) would make any sense together with PNFS ? > Maybe using the Block layout and AoE as the block storage transport protocol. > 5. PNFS GUI SW prefferably for Debian ? > ditto #1 > Thanks in advance :-) ! > > BR. > ~Maymann > > _______________________________________________ > nfsv4 mailing list > nfsv4@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4 > >