[CentOS] Is GFS for HPC?

Mon Feb 23 14:37:17 UTC 2009
Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de>

Marcelo M. Garcia schrieb:
> Hi.
>
> Just curious if GFS can be used in a HPC environment, like GPFS or 
> Oracle OCFS2?
>   


I don't think so.
Comments from people in the HPC-business indicate that it doesn't scale
to the number of nodes that typically forms these kinds of environments.

NFS still rulez there, together with more (ISILON/Panasas) or less (SUN)
specialized NFS-serving-gear.




Rainer