From owner-freebsd-cluster Tue Dec 10 8:29:32 2002 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 CE91637B401 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:29:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgr3.xmission.com (mgr3.xmission.com [198.60.22.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF6143EC5 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:29:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr3.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18LnG7-0006k0-03; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:29:24 -0700 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr3.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18LnG6-0006iz-03; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:29:23 -0700 Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id gBAGTHl09131; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:59:17 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 02:59:17 +1030 From: Greg Lewis To: Michael Grant Cc: rb@gid.co.uk, freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sharing files within a cluster Message-ID: <20021211025917.A9059@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200212101257.gBACvv609153@splat.grant.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200212101257.gBACvv609153@splat.grant.org>; from mg-fbsd3@grant.org on Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:57:57PM +0100 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=8.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,PORN_4,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-freebsd-cluster@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:57:57PM +0100, Michael Grant wrote: > However, there's a link on the page you pointed me at to GFS the > Global File System by Sistina: > > http://www.sistina.com/products_gfs.htm > > This seems to be similar to Coda but for Linux. I hate to say this > but it does look like Linux has superior support for clustering. Be aware that GFS is a commercial product though. There are a number of other Linux clustering filesystems in this area if you're looking to port one though. Ignoring GFS and Coda (since they have both been mentioned already), a brief (and incomplete) list would be something like: . PVFS http://www.parl.clemson.edu/pvfs/ . InterMezzo http://inter-mezzo.org/ . GPFS http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/clusters/software/gpfs.html . Lustre http://www.lustre.org/ Unfortunately I'd have to agree that Linux has better clustering support at the moment. That is basically because more people (particularly the corporations and national labs) are working on cluster support for Linux. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-cluster" in the body of the message