Hi Iain, One of the clusters I work with here uses jumbo-enabled LACP-aggregated NICs, and I can get about 350 MB/s total sustained reads out of two OSSes (each OSS has two NICs, so 4 GigE paths total).
However, the cluster itself is smaller than yours; you might want to investigate another network fabric, as GigE performance may start to suffer with that many nodes due to the limitations of Ethernet itself. A good L3 switch (Extreme, Cisco, Foundry, etc.) will be able to provide you with optimal performance. hth, Klaus On 2/12/08 1:45 AM, "Iain Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>did etch on stone tablets: > We have an in house 27 node cluster. With no shared storage capability. > > I have just order 2 storage nodes with extra drives in them and was hoping I > could use this with Lustre and provide a good shared storage setup. > > How would you suggest configuring this setup ? > > Each node comes with dual network adapters so I was thinking about bonding > them together to provide more bandwidth ( our switch should allow us to do > this.) > > Thanks > > Iain > Iain Grant > Linux Administrator > Scottish Crop Research Institute > Dundee DD2 5DA > Tel: +44 (0)1382 562731 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > www.scri.ac.uk <http://www.scri.ac.uk/> > > > > > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > SCRI, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA. > The Scottish Crop Research Institute is a charitable company limited by > guarantee. > Registered in Scotland No: SC 29367. > Recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Scottish Charity No: SC 006662. > > > DISCLAIMER: > > This email is from the Scottish Crop Research Institute, but the views > expressed by the sender are not necessarily the views of SCRI and its > subsidiaries. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > to the intended recipient at the e-mail address to which it has been > addressed. It may not be disclosed or used by any other than that addressee. > If you are not the intended recipient you are requested to preserve this > confidentiality and you must not use, disclose, copy, print or rely on this > e-mail in any way. Please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoting the > name of the sender and delete the email from your system. > > Although SCRI has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are > present in this email, neither the Institute nor the sender accepts any > responsibility for any viruses, and it is your responsibility to scan the > email > and the attachments (if any). > > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
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