Thank you for those answers. I will take time to ponder if glusterfs is the solution I was looking for in this case.
Thank you. On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:36 PM csirotic <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I am new to using gluster and I am running some tests right now. I am > fairly inexperienced as well, so it's a good learning experience for me. > > My problem right now is the small file create iops, using smallfile. I > cannot get more than 800 files/second 4k. > > My setup is fairly simple. > I have 4 servers. > 3 first server have each one brick that is three way replicated. > Server 4 simply mount the volume using the fuse native client. > > The first three servers, all have the same hardware. Its common supermicro > servers with a raid 6 array of 8 x 6tb hgst 7200 drives. > If I test smallfile directly on the brick location, I get very high > results. > > For the networking part of it, the 4 servers are using 10GBytes. Iperf3 > give me steady 10GBytes when I test between all the servers. > > When I transfer files from the client-server with the fuse mount, large > .qcow files, I get around 150 MB/s. Why is not low, but is not great either. > > What would you look at first? > The options that I am pondering are buying ssd drives to put cache on each > servers. > Also, it seems to me that having only a 3 way replication, instead of 2+2 > setup, is really hurting. > Any other tests that could help my process? > > Any input is much appreciated. > Thank you. > > > > > Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada's largest network. >
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