Andy Kipp writes: > We run OCFS2 for a GroupWise 7 Post Office for about 700 users. The post > office stores mailboxes (header information) as small database files (~30mb > each). And individual messages as many small files (~2kb each). In total, > the file system has about 1 million files in it. > > We have run into some trouble when trying to preform heavy I/O operations on > the file system such as a backup or file indexing (updatedb). Our solution > was to do incremental hot copy of the message store to reduce load during a > backup. Also, you could use snapshot technology if you have such a thing on > your SAN. We have a NetApp FAS3020 and use "SnapDrive" to mount a snapshot > as a volume and preform a tape backup. >
Good to hear about this. What distribution and OCFSv2 version are you running? Thanks! -- Sergio Lopez Dpto. Sistemas - EFOR Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 976467878 _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list [email protected] http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users
