[Gluster-devel] performance

Chris Johnson johnson at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Tue Nov 6 17:00:56 UTC 2007


On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Anand Avati wrote:

      Fuse is fuse-2.7.0-1.  Can you give me an example of a volume
specification file please?

> Chris,
> posting your volume specification files will help us tune it futher. Also,
> what fuse version (kernel module) are you using?
>
> thanks,
> avati
>
> 2007/11/6, Chris Johnson <johnson at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>:
>>
>>       Hey all,
>>
>>       Running glusterfs-1.3.5 on CentOS5 on the server 4.5 on the
>> server.  Ran iozone to see what the performance was.  Gluster was
>> about 1ms/read slower than NFS.  Doesn't sound like much I know but
>> when your reading through 800MB of medical image it adds up.
>>
>>       Would someone please be so kind as to give some guidance of where to
>> look to tune this?  And can it even be tuned to as fast as NFS.
>> Faster is better.
>>
>>       Thanks much.
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Chris Johnson               |Internet: johnson at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>> Systems Administrator       |Web:
>> http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~johnson
>> NMR Center                  |Voice:    617.726.0949
>> Mass. General Hospital      |FAX:      617.726.7422
>> 149 (2301) 13th Street      |Experts have expert fun
>> Charlestown, MA., 02129 USA |telling us things can't be done.  Piet Hein
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Gluster-devel mailing list
>> Gluster-devel at nongnu.org
>> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account
> Hofstadter's Law.
>
> -- Hofstadter's Law
>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris Johnson               |Internet: johnson at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Systems Administrator       |Web:      http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~johnson
NMR Center                  |Voice:    617.726.0949
Mass. General Hospital      |FAX:      617.726.7422
149 (2301) 13th Street      |"Survival is insufficient"
Charlestown, MA., 02129 USA |             Seven of nine.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------





More information about the Gluster-devel mailing list