Hi Kyle, Thanks for your reply. I was looking at the kernel module but it seems to be considerably slower than using the command-line tools provided plus it actually makes more sense from a deployment point of view to not use the kernel module. Is there no way to access data without using the kernel module?
Why do you think it would not be an ideal setup for a web storage location? I have looked into a few options and this look promising but if I have missed something that would make it unsuitable I would have to re-think. What are the primary usage cases for PVFS2? Thanks. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Kyle Schochenmaier <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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