Guy Coates wrote:
> > At what node count does the nfs-root model start to break down? Does anyone > have any rough numbers with the number of clients you can support with a > generic > linux NFS server vs a dedicated NAS filer? If you use warewulf or the new perceus variant, it creates a ram disk which is populated upon boot. Thats one of the larger transients. Then you nfs mount applications, and home directories. I haven't looked at Scyld for a while, but I seem to remember them doing something like this. If you have this operational in this manner, apart from home/scratch directory file service, you should be able to handle a few hundred nodes without too much pain, though you will want to beef up the design a bit. Scyld requires a meatier head node as I remember due to its launch model. Even better if you can load balance your NFS servers and set them up to mirror each other, or use a hardware unit like Panasas, and so on. Joe > > Cheers, > > Guy > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 734 786 8452 or +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
