[Linux-cluster] Ext3/ext4 in a clustered environement

[Nicolas Ross]

> I have a 600GB GFS2 FS, and I resolved the issue with rsync that I run
> ionice -c3 rsync -av ...
> That way rsync is given the CPU for IO, if all other processes don't
> require IO. Of course it takes a lot of time to compete the sync, but
> if the time is not an issue, it can be a solution.

Oh, greet, I will try that asap!

How much more time? I don't mind taking 3 or 4 hours instead of 2.5, but if it goes up to 5 or 6, I'll consider an ext4 fs...