Hi jason - You'll want to use the pvfs2 kernel module interface (vfs) to acces your files, with that you can use normal commands like cp/mv/etc as it provides the same interface as other filesystems do at that level. I'm not aware of anyone currently or in the past using pvfs2 as a webserver storage location, it might not be an ideal setup but that probably depends more on your usage, definitely worth a shot though.
Best, Kyle Schochenmaier On May 12, 2010 6:55 AM, "Jason Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I just found PVFS2 while looking for a solution to storing lots of images for a web app and it looks very interesting. I just have a few questions which I hope someone can answer. I have setup an instance of PVFS2 on CentOS5 using the installation guide for a single server instance and it's up and running but I cannot see what the correct method for reading a file is. I have tried out pvfs2-cp to copy a file in and pvfs2-ls to verify that the file was indeed created, do I have to do a pvfs2-cp to copy the file back to the local filesystem to be able to access it? Are there any major installation of PVFS2 in production at this time? I see plenty of support on the community page but I was wondering if there are any PVFS2 installations serving any well known sites? Thanks, Jason _______________________________________________ Pvfs2-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users
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