[Gluster-devel] nfs over glusterfs/fuse (fwd)

[Brent A Nelson]

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Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:29:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu>
To: Dale Dude <dale at oc3networks.com>
Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] nfs over glusterfs/fuse

I tinkered with nfs-user-server and unfs3 when I was trying Lustre a couple of 
years ago.  I don't think either was really usable (I think unfs3 had some 
serious limitations, although the project looked rather promising)...

I see the unfs3 project hasn't stood still since I tried it, however, with a 
new release in January.

I see (recent) messages in fuse-dev which basically say that nfs-kernel-server 
should work; where did you see the message about them not recommending it and 
to use unfs3, instead?

Thanks,

Brent

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Dale Dude wrote:

> I didnt run it long enough to notice if memory grew. Fuse-dev says 
> nfs-kernel-server is depricated and suggested unfs3 which also didnt work. I 
> was hoping its 'removable' option would help, but no. nfs-user-server had an 
> interesting option of re-exporting other nfs mounts, but damn if I couldnt 
> get the client to even mount using it without permission denied no matter 
> what I did.
> 
> Odd that the userspace nfsd's have the same issue. Samba is the only thing 
> that works. I cant put glusterfs on these boxes either. Hurts.
> 
> Brent A Nelson wrote:
>> I get the same and a host of other symptoms (I've only tried 
>> nfs-kernel-server); it's not really usable.  Do you also see significant 
>> growth in the memory consumed by the glusterfs process that is being 
>> reexported?
>> 
>> I wonder if the new inode-based release tomorrow will fix the NFS reexport 
>> issue...
>> 
>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Dale Dude wrote:
>> 
>>> This may be more for fuse but I thought Id post here first since it seems 
>>> someone is/has done this.
>>> 
>>> Ubuntu Feisty Kernel 2.6.20-16. Fuse 2.6.5.
>>> 
>>> I tried these userspace servers: unfs3, nfs-user-server
>>> I tried the nfs-kernel-server
>>> 
>>> With each of the above nfs servers I get spuradic Input/Output errors when 
>>> I try to 'ls' or 'find' on some directories on the nfs client. I tried fsid 
>>> option without success. Im using samba/cifs now which works but proving to 
>>> be way to slow.
>>> 
>>> Any advice would greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Dale
>> 
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