[CentOS] CentOS + GFS + EtherDrive

[John Newbigin]

If you are using CentOS 3.5 then you want the el3 version of GFS from here:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos-3/3/csgfs/

This is only GFS 6.0 but it works well.  It looks like there are lots of 
differences in 6.1 so I don't think it will work out of the box on CentOS-3.

I use GFS with GNBD and it works OK.  Some of the nodes are 2 hops away 
over the ethernet and they can sometimes be a bit slow.  They also lock 
up if the network goes down (no hardware fencing).

The servers are in the same rack and work well together.

I don't know the maximum filesystem size, or if your hardware is 
supported but read the docs and it won't cost you anything to try it.


John.

Bowie Bailey wrote:

> I am considering building a pair of storage servers that will be using
> CentOS and GFS to share the storage from a Coraid (SATA+Raid) EtherDrive
> shelf.  Has anyone else tried such a setup?
> 
> Is GFS stable enough to use in a production environment?
> 
> There is a build of GFS 6.1 at http://rpm.karan.org/el4/csgfs/.  Has anyone
> used this?  Is it stable?
> 
> Will I run into any problems if I use CentOS 3.5 with it's GFS package to
> access a shared 5TB filesystem?
> 
> I've been googling on this stuff off and on for a month now.  I've found a
> bunch of conflicting and confusing information, but no clear answers.  I've
> been kind of hoping that the new GFS 6.1 packages would be released while I
> was waiting...  :)
> 
> I appreciate any suggestions or pointers.
> 
> Bowie
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John Newbigin
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Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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