Re: [lustre-discuss] billions of 50k files

2017-11-29 Thread Brian Andrus
Andreas, Thanks for responding. Right now, I am looking at using ZFS and an ssd/nvme for the journal disk. I suggested mirroring, but they aren't too keen on losing 50% of their purchased storage.. This particular system will likely not be scaled up at a future date. It seems like the 2.11

Re: [lustre-discuss] billions of 50k files

2017-11-29 Thread Dilger, Andreas
On Nov 29, 2017, at 15:31, Brian Andrus wrote: > > All, > > I have always seen lustre as a good solution for large files and not the best > for many small files. > Recently, I have seen a request for a small lustre system (2 OSSes, 1 MDS) > that would be for billions of

Re: [lustre-discuss] billions of 50k files

2017-11-29 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Maybe this would be where multiple MDS + small files on MDS would shine? My 1 millionth of a bitcoin, Eli On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:31 AM, Brian Andrus wrote: > All, > > I have always seen lustre as a good solution for large files and not the > best for many small files. >