[Linux-cluster] gfs2 hang

[Jos Vos]

On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 01:45:56PM -0800, Scooter Morris wrote:

> Yes, I am aware of that.  We're not looking to put things into 
> production on this cluster for awhile.  However, are you telling me that 
> GFS2 is just flat unstable or not yet thoroughly tested?  If the former, 
> then I won't waste my time even looking at it, if the latter, then I'm 
> happy to help with the testing by banging on it a little.

I don't have any concrete experience with GFS2, but I think it's the latter.

Unfortunately, the GFS performance is for some applications dramatically
bad (I will test some new tuning options that should be in 5.1), so I'd
love to use GFS2, but I can't afford using non-production software for
that particular configuration.

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