Hi, Paul. Yes, a Google Form would be perfect.
For now, lest we get too ambitious with the scope and delay the survey, I think we should limit the survey to simple radio-button-checkable options for now, and leave the free-form-type responses for another exercise. :) Cheers, Alan On 04/10/2014 07:49 AM, Paul Cuzner wrote: > > I have a questionnaire (google form) that could be used for this. > > Right now, the form asks high level things like; > - glusterfs version > - node count > - capacity > - protocols in use > - workload type > > I would be simple to extend to cover the additional items that Alan > and Carlos have mentioned. > > Let me know if you guys are happy with this approach. > > Personally, I'd like to see this become an annual data point to track > how we use gluster over time. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From: *"John Mark Walker" <[email protected]> > *To: *"Vijay Bellur" <[email protected]> > *Cc: *"Alan Orth" <[email protected]>, "gluster-users" > <[email protected]>, "Paul Cuzner" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, 10 April, 2014 6:04:03 AM > *Subject: *Re: [Gluster-users] Survey of GlusterFS implementation > details? > > Hi Alan, > > It would be a great idea to have a form online somewhere that > people could submit their use cases and deployment details. We > used to have something like that, way back when. > > What other things, besides what you've listed, would be useful to > know? What should we offer in return to those who fill out the form? > > -JM > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > On 04/09/2014 12:21 PM, Alan Orth wrote: > > > Hi, all. > > > > > > As I was tinkering with my GlusterFS setup, I was just > thinking about > > > how useful it would be to have some sort of stats on peoples' > GlusterFS > > > implementations. Things like: > > > > > > - Ethernet or Infiniband? > > > - TCP or RDMA? > > > - Fiber or copper? > > > - RAID or JBOD? > > > - Hardware RAID or software (md?) RAID > > > - XFS or ext4 or ZFS or btrfs? > > > - RHEL or Ubuntu? > > > > > > This could lower the barrier of entry to people who are new to > GlusterFS > > > and need help making decisions. Also, the data would just be > > > reallllllly interesting! > > > > > > It could be as simple as a Survey Monkey, unless someone has a > better > > > idea for something more formal / professional... > > > > > > > Sounds like a very good idea. > > > > JM and Paul have dabbled with a similar idea and might have a ready > > questionnaire as well. Seems like a good thing to collaborate on and > > have it rolling. > > > > Thanks, > > Vijay > > > > > > -- Alan Orth [email protected] http://alaninkenya.org http://mjanja.co.ke "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." -Bjarne Stroustrup, inventor of C++ GPG public key ID: 0x8cb0d0acb5cd81ec209c6cdfbd1a0e09c2f836c0
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