Jim:

There are some bugs with the 2.8.6 version.  I suggest using 2.8.7 to test
the user library stuff.  I will also have the developer of the user library
contact you and help you through your issues.

Becky

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Jim Kusznir <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I'm also experimenting with LD_PRELOADing the user space shared library to
> bypass the kernel module.  I have a cluster in which usage of pvfs on this
> cluster is conditional on NOT requiring any kernel modules or kernel
> modifications.  Besides, from what I understand, I should see higher
> performance.
>
> So far, my tests have been "interesting".  I'm not sure I've got the
> correct library either, though.  The docs at
> http://www.omnibond.com/orangefs/docs/v_2_8_6/index.htm have been
> helpful, but not quite addressed all my questions.
>
> So, with LD_PRELOAD set to /opt/pvfs2/lib/libofs.so, I can run ls and cp,
> and it appears to work, even on one system without the kernel module loaded.
>
> However, other commands accessing non-pvfs structures appear to fail.  For
> example, I can't pull up cp's man page.  On the only test where I cp'ed a
> file to my local disk, the IO rate was in line with what I would expect for
> my local disk's max throughput, but in the end, the resulting file was 0
> byes (original was 10GB).
>
> Am I doing something wrong?  These tests were performed with OrangeFS
> 2.8.6 client, 2.8.5 server.
>
> Thanks!
> --Jim
>
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Becky Ligon
OrangeFS Support and Development
Omnibond Systems
Anderson, South Carolina
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