[Gluster-users] Gluster client 32bit

[Jeff Anderson-Lee]

On 11/16/2010 05:36 AM, Stefano Baronio wrote:
> Hi MArtin,
>        the XenServer Dom0 is 32bit whilst the hypervisor is 64 bit.
> You need to know it when you install third part sw on the host.
> http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=269924&tstart=0
>
> So I need the 32bit compiled version to be able to mount glusterfs directly
> from the XenServer host.
>    
The built-in NFS module is typically as fast or faster than using the 
fuse wrapper on the client side.  So the best way to support 32-bit 
clients is likely via NFS.
> Cheers
> Stefano
>
>
> 2010/11/16 Deadpan110<deadpan110 at gmail.com>
>
>    
>> My home testing environment I also use XenServer (again, Citrix - with
>> a Centos minimalistic core OS) - even though the Dom0 is 64bit, in any
>> Xen setup (maybe even for other virtuali[s\z]ation solutions),
>> performance is better using 32bit VM's (DomU).
>>
>> My production environment comprises of Xen virtual machines (not
>> XenServer, but still Xen), scattered around a remote datacenter.
>>
>> I too will be sharing my experiences as GlusterFS offers exactly what
>> I need and would like to deploy.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 November 2010 20:39, Stefano Baronio<stefano.baronio at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>      
>>>  From my point of view, 64 bit on server side is easy to handle but the
>>> client side can have different needs and limitations.
>>> For example, we are using XenServer from Citrix, the Dom0 is taken from a
>>> CentOS 5 distro and it is 32bit. I cannot change that, because is a
>>>        
>> Citrix
>>      
>>> design choice and there might be lots of these situations around.
>>> Sorry but I can't code any patches..
>>> Anyway, I will share what our experience will be with 32bit client.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Stefano
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/11/16 Bernard Li<bernard at vanhpc.org>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Hi Christian:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Christian Fischer
>>>> <christian.fischer at easterngraphics.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> No statement from the developers about usability of glusterfs client
>>>>>            
>> on
>>      
>>>> 32bit
>>>>          
>>>>> systems. But this was probably discussed in earlier threads.
>>>>>            
>>>> I believe the official comment is that Gluster is not going to support
>>>> 32-bit systems.  However, it doesn't mean that the community cannot
>>>> support it.  If we find bugs and can code up patches, we should still
>>>> file a bug and submit the patches and hopefully they will be checked
>>>> into the official repository.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Bernard
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