[Gluster-devel] Proposal for Gluster 3.5: New test framework

[Anand Avati]

Justin,

Thanks for firing up this thread. Are there notable projects which use
these frameworks? Do you have any info on what other distributed storage
projects use for their automated testing?

Thanks,
Avati


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Justin Clift <jclift at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For Gluster 3.5, I'd like to propose we get some kind of
> *multi-node* testing framework in place for Gluster.
>
> The existing test framework is single node only, which
> doesn't fit well for a distributed file system.
>
> I've recently looked into Autotest in depth, but ruled
> it out since it's:
>
>  * Linux only (ugh)
>  * Very hard to figure out for newbies
>  * Close to zero documentation
>  * Opaque/unreadable source
>  * Painful to work with :(
>
> Potentially we could use STAF (staf.sourceforge.net).
> I've not investigated this in depth yet, but from it's
> website it's:
>
>  * Cross Platform
>    http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFFAQ.htm#d0e36
>
>  * Seems like extensive documentation, and usable with
>    several languages:
>    http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFPython.htm
>
>  * Seems like a _reasonably_ active Community
>    http://sourceforge.net/p/staf/mailman/staf-users/
>
> I'll put this info into a Feature Page if people think
> it's worth writing up and taking further.
>
> ?
>
> Regards and best wishes,
>
> Justin Clift
>
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>
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