Re: [Beowulf] Considering BeeGFS for parallel file system

2019-03-18 Thread Will Dennis
I would not be just switching filesystems, I’d be building out a new storage cluster on new hardware... A single ZFS-based NFS server has been good up until recently, but now is running out of steam in both space and I/O performance... It’s time to do the next thing, trying to decide what that w

[Beowulf] Considering BeeGFS for parallel file system

2019-03-18 Thread Will Dennis
Hi all, I am considering using BeeGFS for a parallel file system for one (and if successful, more) of our clusters here. Just wanted to get folks' opinions on that, and if there is any "gotchas" or better-fit solutions out there... The first cluster I am considering it for has ~50TB storage off

Re: [Beowulf] Introduction and question

2019-02-23 Thread Will Dennis
Hi Benson, I have in the past, but not currently... You ask for a reason? ;-) From: Benson Muite mailto:benson.mu...@ut.ee>> Date: Saturday, Feb 23, 2019, 9:47 AM To: beowulf@beowulf.org mailto:beowulf@beowulf.org>> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Introduction and question Welcome! Do you also contribu

[Beowulf] Introduction and question

2019-02-23 Thread Will Dennis
Hi folks, I thought I'd give a brief introduction, and see if this list is a good fit for my questions that I have about my HPC-"ish" infrastructure... I am a ~30yr sysadmin ("jack-of-all-trades" type), completely self-taught (B.A. is in English, that's why I'm a sysadmin :-P) and have ended up