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Lissa K. Valletta 8-3/B10 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (tie 293) 433-3102 From: "Daniel M. Weeks" <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 01/28/2014 04:17 PM Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Support parallel bzip/gzip implementations? On 01/28/2014 12:16 AM, Christopher Samuel wrote: > Hi folks, > > One thing that we notice with stateless nodes and software kits is > that it can take quite a while to compress with bzip2. > > However, for RHEL EPEL there are two parallel bzip2 implementations > (pbzip2 and lbzip2) and a parallel gzip implementation (pigz). > > It might be nice to offer sites a way to tell xCAT to use those rather > than the standard single threaded one to speed up these tasks. > > What do people think? > > All the best! > Chris Hi Chris, Yes, I quite agree. Please see the attached (rough) patch that we use on our production install. It could easily be adapted to other implementations. Best regards, Dan Weeks -- Daniel M. Weeks Systems Programmer Center for Computational Innovations Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180 518-276-4458 (See attached file: xcat-packimage-pigz.patch) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchGuard Dimension instantly turns raw network data into actionable security intelligence. It gives you real-time visual feedback on key security issues and trends. Skip the complicated setup - simply import a virtual appliance and go from zero to informed in seconds. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=123612991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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