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]

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