Boris Epstein wrote, On 06/16/2010 03:33 PM: > Hi all, > > I am just trying to consider my options for storing a large mass of > data (tens of terrabytes of files) and one idea is to build a > clustered FS of some kind. Has anybody had any experience with that? > Any recommendations? > > Thanks in advance for any and all advice. > > Boris. I have not used a cluster FS, but have seen some discussions of them over on the drbd list[1] , and you did not mention what kind of backing devices you were going to have for the filesystem. In the drbd documentation[2] they have some discussion of gfs and ocfs2 which may be of some help. In short if you are considering DRBD as a backing device, definitely ask over on their mailing list and I suspect that mailing list population has a higher percentage of folks who use cluster FSs. [1] http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user [2] http://www.drbd.org/docs/applications/ http://www.drbd.org/users-guide-emb/ch-gfs.html#s-gfs-primer http://www.drbd.org/users-guide-emb/ch-ocfs2.html#s-ocfs2-primer -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter