Re: [OpenAFS] Vhosts as AFS servers?
Hi Steve, Virtualization is fine and in many ways is preferred for OpenAFS file servers because the fileserver process is incapable of leveraging more than 1.7 processors threads due to lock and other resource contention. Compared to the bare metal a virtualized system might reduce overall throughput by 6%. On the flip side its nearly impossible to purchase a two processor thread system these days. The maximize the capabilities of the hardware host multiple VMs each with two processor threads. For vice partitions ext4 formatted iscsi block storage can be used. When purchasing hardware for OpenAFS, minimize the number of processor threads and obtain the fastest clock speeds available. The number of packets per second that can be sent and received is directly proportional to the processor clock speed. On the other hand, if the hardware is going to be purchased with the intention of eventually deploying AuriStorFS servers on it, maximize the number of processor threads and use more power efficient processors with lower clock speeds. AuriStorFS servers unlike OpenAFS can make use of as much CPU and I/O bandwidth as is available. Jeffrey Altman On 1/15/2019 1:56 PM, Steve Simmons wrote: > The AFS support group (of whom I'm a former member) is considering > moving to virtual hosts under vmware for their next generation of > servers. So far they're looking at attempting to have the vhosts attach > the vice partitions directly from our SAN rather than having storage > mediated through vmware. If you're using or used virtualized servers, > we'd love to hear how their working out for you. > > At the moment, the servers are running OpenAFS 1.6.17. I don't know if > they're considering upgrading to 1.8.X as part of this or not. > > Advance thanks, > > Steve Simmons > ITS Unix Support/SCS Admins <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
RE: [OpenAFS] Vhosts as AFS servers?
Hi, I've been using OpenAFS file servers under VMWare 6.5 for about a year and a half with no problems. I'm using OpenAFS 1.7.21.1 on Centos 6.9 with the kmod package. My vice partition is just a regular vmware vmdk file as sdb mounted as vicepa. I've templated a base file server so I can have a new fileserver up and running in a couple of minutes. I've vmotioned fileservers around with no problems. It's been really stable for me. -Dave From: openafs-info-ad...@openafs.org [openafs-info-ad...@openafs.org] on behalf of Steve Simmons [s...@umich.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:56 PM To: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: [OpenAFS] Vhosts as AFS servers? The AFS support group (of whom I'm a former member) is considering moving to virtual hosts under vmware for their next generation of servers. So far they're looking at attempting to have the vhosts attach the vice partitions directly from our SAN rather than having storage mediated through vmware. If you're using or used virtualized servers, we'd love to hear how their working out for you. At the moment, the servers are running OpenAFS 1.6.17. I don't know if they're considering upgrading to 1.8.X as part of this or not. Advance thanks, Steve Simmons ITS Unix Support/SCS Admins
[OpenAFS] Vhosts as AFS servers?
The AFS support group (of whom I'm a former member) is considering moving to virtual hosts under vmware for their next generation of servers. So far they're looking at attempting to have the vhosts attach the vice partitions directly from our SAN rather than having storage mediated through vmware. If you're using or used virtualized servers, we'd love to hear how their working out for you. At the moment, the servers are running OpenAFS 1.6.17. I don't know if they're considering upgrading to 1.8.X as part of this or not. Advance thanks, Steve Simmons ITS Unix Support/SCS Admins
