I suggest creating a new filesystem and rsync the data over the network. I would not over complicate the situation.
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Rayentray Tappa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List! > > As you may already know :) I'm now trying a lustre installation on a > mass storage prototype. I'll soon be receiving two servers which will be > my future mdt + mgs and mdt failover respectively, and I'm thinking of > reusing the hw I'm currently using for the prototype to act as OSTs > while my definite hw arrives. > I asked in #lustre and got two ideas: > a) build another lustre filesystem when the definite hardware arrives, > mount both on a client and copy the contents, which needs extra hw and > settings > b) when the new hw arrives, mirror the contents of the old disks in the > new ones. > > Which one would you suggest? Do you have any other ideas? I'm still > dealing with the prototype, trying different configurations, but I'd > like to know what I'll need to deal with when I start configuring the > final version. > > Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas, > > -- > ra > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss > _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
