Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-22 Thread Jens Elkner
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:49:26AM -0700, Sergey Chechelnitskiy wrote: Hi Sergey, I have a flat directory with a lot of small files inside. And I have a java application that reads all these files when it starts. If this directory is located on ZFS the application starts fast (15 mins) when

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-22 Thread Xavier Canehan
We have the same issue (using dCache on Thumpers, data on ZFS). A workaround has been to move the directory on a local UFS filesystem using a low nbpi parameter. However, this is not a solution. Doesn't look like a threading problem, thanks anyway Jens ! This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-08 Thread Steven Gelsie
I think I am having the same problem using a different application (Windchill). zfs is consuming hugh amounts of memory and system (T2000) is performing poorly. Occasionally it will take a long time (several hours) to do a snapshot. Normally a snapshot will take a second or two. The

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-01 Thread Joerg Schilling
Boyd Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or alternatively, are you comparing ZFS(Fuse) on Linux with XFS on Linux? That doesn't seem to make sense since the userspace implementation will always suffer. Someone has just mentioned that all of UFS, ZFS and XFS are available on FreeBSD. Are you

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-01 Thread Boyd Adamson
On 01/08/2007, at 7:50 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote: Boyd Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or alternatively, are you comparing ZFS(Fuse) on Linux with XFS on Linux? That doesn't seem to make sense since the userspace implementation will always suffer. Someone has just mentioned that all of

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-01 Thread Wade . Stuart
On 01/08/2007, at 7:50 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote: Boyd Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or alternatively, are you comparing ZFS(Fuse) on Linux with XFS on Linux? That doesn't seem to make sense since the userspace implementation will always suffer. Someone has just mentioned

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-08-01 Thread Sergey Chechelnitskiy
Hi All, Thank you for answers. I am not really comparing anything. I have a flat directory with a lot of small files inside. And I have a java application that reads all these files when it starts. If this directory is located on ZFS the application starts fast (15 mins) when the number of

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS problems in dCache

2007-07-31 Thread Boyd Adamson
Sergey Chechelnitskiy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi All, We have a problem running a scientific application dCache on ZFS. dCache is a java based software that allows to store huge datasets in pools. One dCache pool consists of two directories pool/data and pool/control. The real data goes