On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Brian<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We're applying a Solaris kernel patch for the ZFS performance problem on >> ms1, our main media file server. >> >> While in progress, uploads will be temporarily disabled. Cached images >> should still display, but you may see some missing images in the >> meantime... >> >> -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) >> > > Have you considered using glusterfs for improved reliability and speed? The > more bricks you add the better the throughput and failsafe meaning, with > hundreds of servers, that you could have a very impressive filesystem. Of > course, it does stress your entire network and would only be feasible within > a single datacenter, preferably on a single rack. > > http://gluster.org/
Wasn't well received among the high end storage crowd, based on discussions at FAST this year. But that's secondhand - I haven't used it myself. YMMV. -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
