From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 09:14:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2770816A4CE for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 09:14:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.263.net (smtp.x263.net [211.150.96.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6C643D92 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 09:14:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yfyoufeng@263.net) Received: from [10.217.12.198] (mta5 [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.263.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B59252F74B; Sun, 15 May 2005 17:14:34 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from yfyoufeng@263.net) Received: from [10.217.12.198] (unknown [61.135.152.194]) by antispam-4 (Coremail:263(050316)) with SMTP id gZAZAPoSh0JeBZjC.1 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 17:14:34 +0800 (CST) X-TEBIE-Originating-IP: [61.135.152.194] From: yf-263 To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com> References: <3EA9E48804411F41941A18169042D10401469D@omega3.ebaseweb.com> <1115864757.3938.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Organization: Unix-driver.org Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 17:13:50 +0800 Message-Id: <1116148430.3920.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: FreeBSD Clustering List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Clustering wishlist - Was: Introduction & RE: Clustering with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: yfyoufeng@263.net List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 09:14:39 -0000 在 2005-05-11三的 22:45 -0500，Eric Anderson写道： > Ok - I'm changing the subject here in an attempt to gather information. > > Here's my wishlist: As for your wishlists, how about the MogileFS of http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ And what do you think about our GoogleFS like && MogileFS features Clustre FS ? Any comments are quite welcomed :) > > FreeBSD have a 'native' clustered filesystem. This is different than > lock manager stuff) - I'd much rather see that go to FreeBSD. > > Eric > > > -- yf-263 Unix-driver.org From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 09:30:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5B316A4CE for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 09:30:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from iota.root-servers.ch (iota.root-servers.ch [193.41.193.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4C9243D99 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 09:30:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch) Received: (qmail 10991 invoked from network); 15 May 2005 09:30:43 -0000 Received: from 80-218-107-8.dclient.hispeed.ch (HELO ?10.2.2.100?) (80.218.107.8) by 0 with SMTP; 15 May 2005 09:30:43 -0000 Message-ID: <428716C2.6090307@buz.ch> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 11:30:42 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050404) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yfyoufeng@263.net References: <3EA9E48804411F41941A18169042D10401469D@omega3.ebaseweb.com> <1115864757.3938.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com> <1116148430.3920.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1116148430.3920.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: FreeBSD Clustering List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Clustering wishlist - Was: Introduction & RE:Clustering with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 09:30:47 -0000 yf-263 wrote: >在 2005-05-11三的 22:45 -0500，Eric Anderson写道： > > >>Ok - I'm changing the subject here in an attempt to gather information. >> >>Here's my wishlist: >> >> > >As for your wishlists, how about the MogileFS of >http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ > >And what do you think about our GoogleFS like && MogileFS features >Clustre FS ? > > > "Yes, this means your application has to specifically use a MogileFS client library to store and retrieve files." I don't call that a filesystem, really. Stuff like this has its uses, but for general use, you need something that's entirely transparent to the app. From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 18:56:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 997CA16A4CE for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 18:56:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D862C43D4C for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 18:56:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.23] (andersonbox3.centtech.com [192.168.42.23]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4FItpI7025393; Sun, 15 May 2005 13:55:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <42879B35.6020307@centtech.com> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 13:55:49 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050504 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gabriel Ambuehl References: <3EA9E48804411F41941A18169042D10401469D@omega3.ebaseweb.com> <1115864757.3938.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com> <1116148430.3920.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <428716C2.6090307@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <428716C2.6090307@buz.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: FreeBSD Clustering List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Clustering wishlist - Was: Introduction & RE:Clustering with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 18:56:11 -0000 Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > yf-263 wrote: >=20 >=20 >>=E5=9C=A8 2005-05-11=E4=B8=89=E7=9A=84 22:45 -0500=EF=BC=8CEric Anderso= n=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >>=20 >> >> >>>Ok - I'm changing the subject here in an attempt to gather information= =2E >>> >>>Here's my wishlist: >>> =20 >>> >> >>As for your wishlists, how about the MogileFS of >>http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ >> >>And what do you think about our GoogleFS like && MogileFS features >>Clustre FS ? >> >>=20 >> >=20 >=20 >=20 > "Yes, this means your application has to specifically use a MogileFS > client library to store and retrieve files." >=20 > I don't call that a filesystem, really. Stuff like this has its uses, > but for general use, you need something that's entirely transparent to > the app. I agree. It has to look and feel like an OS to my apps. I need to NFS=20 share it to systems so they can access it as NFS clients. Besides,=20 MogileFS doesn't even sound like a filesystem: From the website: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MogileFS is not: * POSIX Compliant -- you don't run regular Unix applications or=20 databases against MogileFS. It's meant for archiving write-once files=20 and doing only sequential reads. (though you can modify a file by way of = overwriting it with a new version) =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D As far as your clustre fs goes, I need to see more info. You mentioned=20 it's wonderful features to me, but I'd like to see a website to read=20 more, and download source code.. Eric --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 02:23:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2821F16A4CE for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 02:23:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6640943DC3 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 02:23:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.23] (andersonbox3.centtech.com [192.168.42.23]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4G2MiXI028393; Sun, 15 May 2005 21:23:02 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <428803F2.5060000@centtech.com> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 21:22:42 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050504 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: yfyoufeng@263.net References: <3EA9E48804411F41941A18169042D10401469D@omega3.ebaseweb.com> <1115864757.3938.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com> <1116148430.3920.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <428716C2.6090307@buz.ch> <42879B35.6020307@centtech.com> <1116208152.3929.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1116208152.3929.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: FreeBSD Clustering List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Clustering wishlist - Was: Introduction & RE:Clustering with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 02:23:11 -0000 yf-263 wrote: > =E5=9C=A8 2005-05-15=E6=97=A5=E7=9A=84 13:55 -0500=EF=BC=8CEric Anderso= n=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >=20 >>Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: >> >>>yf-263 wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>=E5=9C=A8 2005-05-11=E4=B8=89=E7=9A=84 22:45 -0500=EF=BC=8CEric Ander= son=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Ok - I'm changing the subject here in an attempt to gather informati= on. >>>>> >>>>>Here's my wishlist: >>>>> =20 >>>>> >>>> >>>>As for your wishlists, how about the MogileFS of >>>>http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ >>>> >>>>And what do you think about our GoogleFS like && MogileFS features >>>>Clustre FS ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>"Yes, this means your application has to specifically use a MogileFS >>>client library to store and retrieve files." >>> >>>I don't call that a filesystem, really. Stuff like this has its uses,= >>>but for general use, you need something that's entirely transparent to= >>>the app. >> >> >>I agree. It has to look and feel like an OS to my apps. I need to NFS= =20 >>share it to systems so they can access it as NFS clients. Besides,=20 >=20 >=20 > For our FS in the paper now only ;), you need no NFS. As two years > before, I have implemented a NFS like server in userspace, and a NFS > like client (kernel module) for Linux, AIX, and Solaris, which has been= > saled to a big user two years ago. I can bring it onto various platform= , > so no NFS is need;) Are you the one that has written the paper, and developed the code? It=20 appears as a regular filesystem to apps? >>MogileFS doesn't even sound like a filesystem: >=20 >=20 > Maybe I should add the missing one, we want to supply the MogileFS > features in our FS. >> From the website: >>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >>MogileFS is not: >> >> * POSIX Compliant -- you don't run regular Unix applications or=20 >>databases against MogileFS. It's meant for archiving write-once files=20 >>and doing only sequential reads. (though you can modify a file by way o= f=20 >>overwriting it with a new version) >>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >>As far as your clustre fs goes, I need to see more info. You mentioned= =20 >>it's wonderful features to me, but I'd like to see a website to read=20 >=20 >=20 > We are consideration and prepare for that. And now we are gathering and= > proof our concepts. >=20 > Last quarter we got some initial idea about it, and this quarter we wil= l > put our first module within that onto our product environment to proof > its right or not. If we succeed, I will try to open it to get a > worldwide improvement :) What company/organization do you work for? Eric --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 02:41:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B995916A4CE for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 02:41:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.263.net (mx01.263.net.cn [211.150.96.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7641543DD9 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 02:41:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yfyoufeng@263.net) Received: from [10.217.12.198] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.263.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5B4C36ED; Mon, 16 May 2005 10:41:43 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from yfyoufeng@263.net) Received: from [10.217.12.198] (unknown [61.135.152.194]) by antispam-2 (Coremail:263(050316)) with SMTP id jYAZAGcIiEKyAJjC.1 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 10:41:44 +0800 (CST) X-TEBIE-Originating-IP: [61.135.152.194] From: yf-263 To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <428803F2.5060000@centtech.com> References: <3EA9E48804411F41941A18169042D10401469D@omega3.ebaseweb.com> <1115864757.3938.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4282D173.1040805@centtech.com><428716C2.6090307@buz.ch> <42879B35.6020307@centtech.com> <1116208152.3929.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <428803F2.5060000@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Organization: Unix-driver.org Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:40:57 +0800 Message-Id: <1116211258.3929.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: FreeBSD Clustering List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Clustering wishlist - Was: Introduction & RE: Clustering with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: yfyoufeng@263.net List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 02:41:47 -0000 在 2005-05-15日的 21:22 -0500，Eric Anderson写道： > yf-263 wrote: > > 在 2005-05-15日的 13:55 -0500，Eric Anderson写道： > > > >>Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > >> > >>>yf-263 wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>在 2005-05-11三的 22:45 -0500，Eric Anderson写道： > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Ok - I'm changing the subject here in an attempt to gather information. > >>>>> > >>>>>Here's my wishlist: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>>As for your wishlists, how about the MogileFS of > >>>>http://www.danga.com/mogilefs/ > >>>> > >>>>And what do you think about our GoogleFS like && MogileFS features > >>>>Clustre FS ? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>"Yes, this means your application has to specifically use a MogileFS > >>>client library to store and retrieve files." > >>> > >>>I don't call that a filesystem, really. Stuff like this has its uses, > >>>but for general use, you need something that's entirely transparent to > >>>the app. > >> > >> > >>I agree. It has to look and feel like an OS to my apps. I need to NFS > >>share it to systems so they can access it as NFS clients. Besides, > > > > > > For our FS in the paper now only ;), you need no NFS. As two years > > before, I have implemented a NFS like server in userspace, and a NFS > > like client (kernel module) for Linux, AIX, and Solaris, which has been > > saled to a big user two years ago. I can bring it onto various platform, > > so no NFS is need;) > > Are you the one that has written the paper, and developed the code? It > appears as a regular filesystem to apps? Yes, I have written the paper, and have developed the code. And it now appears as a storage library to apps, since now we only target to Email service. > > > >>MogileFS doesn't even sound like a filesystem: > > > > > > Maybe I should add the missing one, we want to supply the MogileFS > > features in our FS. > > > > >> From the website: > >>================ > >>MogileFS is not: > >> > >> * POSIX Compliant -- you don't run regular Unix applications or > >>databases against MogileFS. It's meant for archiving write-once files > >>and doing only sequential reads. (though you can modify a file by way of > >>overwriting it with a new version) > >>================ > >> > >>As far as your clustre fs goes, I need to see more info. You mentioned > >>it's wonderful features to me, but I'd like to see a website to read > > > > > > We are consideration and prepare for that. And now we are gathering and > > proof our concepts. > > > > Last quarter we got some initial idea about it, and this quarter we will > > put our first module within that onto our product environment to proof > > its right or not. If we succeed, I will try to open it to get a > > worldwide improvement :) > > What company/organization do you work for? I just joint http://english.sina.com/ (Chinese biggest ICP) the end of last year for this project, and the final target is to try to use Google.com like cluster to control and reduce the storage cost as the Mail, VOD, and P2P fileshare eat tooooooo much disk space. > > Eric > > -- yf-263 Unix-driver.org From owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 16 12:14:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B143716A4CE for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 12:14:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0E643DC0 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 12:14:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from debug@MIT.EDU) Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72])j4GCD0Hs007902; Mon, 16 May 2005 08:13:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) j4GC6Z1e010154; Mon, 16 May 2005 08:06:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from SDC.mit.edu (c-24-147-123-178.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.147.123.178]) )j4GC60g8012378; Mon, 16 May 2005 08:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20050515183154.03a728b0@po10.mit.edu> X-Sender: kurt@hesiod (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 08:05:40 -0400 To: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org From: Cluster 2005 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -4.9 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 Subject: Cluster 2005 Paper deadline extended to May 21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Clustering FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 12:14:13 -0000 The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing September 27-30, 2005 Burlington Marriott Boston, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA http://cluster2005.org info@cluster2005.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity clusters today provide a convenient and cost-effective platform for executing complex computation-, data- and/or transaction-centric applications. Many research and development challenges remain in all areas of cluster computing, including middleware, networking, algorithms and applications, resource management, platform deployment and maintenance, and integration of clusters into computational grids. Cluster 2005 provides an open forum for researchers, practitioners and users to present and discuss issues, directions, and results that will shape the future of cluster computing. This years event is to be held in and around Boston / Cambridge. See the upcoming Call for Participation for more details. SCOPE ----- Cluster 2005 welcomes paper and poster submissions from engineers and scientists in academia and industry describing original research work in all areas of cluster computing. In addition, Cluster 2005 will welcome proposals for tutorials and workshops to be held concurrently with the conference. 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IMPORTANT DATES --------------- - Workshop Proposals Due March 16, 2005 - Paper Submissions Due May 21, 2005 - Tutorial Proposals Due May 21, 2005 - Paper Acceptance Notification June 18, 2005 - Poster Submissions Due June 23, 2005 - Exhibition Proposal Due June 23, 2005 - Poster Acceptance Notification June 30, 2005 - Camera-Ready Paper Manuscripts Due July 16, 2005 - Camera-Ready Poster Abstracts Due July 16, 2005 - Cut-off for group hotel rates September 5, 2005 - Conference September 27-30, 2005 - Post-Conference Workshops September 30, 2005 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- * General Chair: - Dimiter Avresky, Northeastern University, Boston, USA * General Vice Chair: - Daniel S. 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