[Linux-cluster] GFS2 with IMAP Maildir server

[Charlie Brady]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Gordan Bobic wrote:

> Sounds like you are running into the same bug that I ran into with GFS2 on a 
> similar setup nearly 2 years ago, except I could produce a lock-up in under 2 
> seconds every time. Solution is to use GFS1 if you really want to stick with 
> that setup, but bear in mind that, regardless of the cluster file system 
> (GFS1, GFS2, OCFS2) the performance will scale _inversely_. Cluster file 
> systems really don't work well with millions of small files.

Isn't Maildir designed to work reliably with NFS? Do you really need a 
cluster file system?