[Gluster-devel] Does gluster suit my need?

[Alsan Wong]

Hi,

Sorry, I can't fully get your point. Do you mean:

   1. I can gain processing power (to help running the VMs) from other nodes
   of the computing cluster by using GlusterHPC.
   2. In this case, using NFS instead of GlusterFS would be better.

No, I didn't try NFS, because I need the AFR.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Gareth Bult <gareth at encryptec.net> wrote:

> Sure.
>
> If you're just after processing power, have you tried NFS?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alsan Wong" <alsan at shangen-tech.com>
> To: "Gareth Bult" <gareth at encryptec.net>
> Cc: gluster-devel at nongnu.org
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:51:11 PM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal
> Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] Does gluster suit my need?
>
> Hi,
>
> Not exactly. I'd like to run the VMs at the computing cluster host (cause
> it does have dual quad core CPU with VT support), and gain processing power
> from other nodes of the computing cluster by using GlusterHPC. The VMs image
> remains on the computing cluster host, and the data would goes to the
> GlusterFS.
>
> Does it feasible?
>
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:26 AM, Gareth Bult <gareth at encryptec.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are you talking about sitting the VM storage on the GlusterFS in the form
>> of disk images?
>>
>> Gareth.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alsan Wong" <alsan.wong at gmail.com>
>> To: gluster-devel at nongnu.org
>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 11:01:38 PM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
>> Portugal
>> Subject: [Gluster-devel] Does gluster suit my need?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I get several machines, some of them are old (actually, not that old, just
>> 2
>> to 3 years). I would like to build a big cluster like this:
>>
>> I'll divide those machines into three groups, computing, storage, backup
>> storage. As their name, the computing group would be a cluster of physical
>> machines which is responsible to run application.
>>
>> Best of all, the computing cluster would run several virtual machines
>> across
>> the cluster. Thus, the server of the computing cluster would run vmware or
>> xen, and hosting serveral virtual machines inside (note: the no. of
>> virtual
>> machines may more then physical machines). The other machines in the
>> cluster
>> would be diskless (all storage goes to the storage and backup storage
>> cluster), and act as the processing power supplier and the being the
>> terminal to the virtual machines.
>>
>> As I know, such similar architecture can be constructed by using EnSpeed
>> (another OSS project on clustering, http://www.enspeed.com) easily, but
>> one
>> of the requirement for me is hard to fulfill - they require all CPUs of
>> the
>> cluster nodes support VT, and that is not possible in my situation.
>>
>> I've notice that another project, Kerrighed (http://kerrighed.org) do
>> also
>> fit the needs of my computing cluster, I might try it later.
>>
>> So, can I build a such cluster by using GlusterHPC + GlusterFS? or do I
>> need
>> to combine another solution(s)?
>>
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>> Alsan Wong
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>
>
>
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> Alsan Wong
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Best Regards.
Alsan Wong