From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JHPhI-0007BD-VP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:26:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EEA4AE0452; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from iil.ie (mms2.iil.ie [217.78.9.37]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6A0E0564 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.55.241] by mms2.iil.ie (MDaemon PRO v9.6.3) with ESMTP id md50000321143.msg for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:41 +0000 Message-ID: <4796514A.6050202@iil.ie> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:46 +0000 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Todd_M=2E_H=E9bert=22?= Organization: Internet Ireland User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071202) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Issues with GFS2. References: <479221DE.1000005@iil.ie> <20080119203929.GA5883@omnius.hslc.wisc.edu> <4794EA14.9090605@iil.ie> <20080121200145.GA20186@odin.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080121200145.GA20186@odin.wisc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-MDPtrLookup-Result: pass dns.ptr=86-42-249-240.b-ras2.cld.dublin.eircom.net (ip=86.42.249.240) (mms2.iil.ie) X-MDHeloLookup-Result: hardfail smtp.helo=[192.168.55.241] (does not match 86.42.249.240) (mms2.iil.ie) X-Authenticated-Sender: todd@iil.ie X-Spam-Processed: mms2.iil.ie, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:41 +0000 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 86.42.249.240 X-Return-Path: prvs=19070dda15=todd@iil.ie X-Envelope-From: todd@iil.ie X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org X-MDAV-Processed: mms2.iil.ie, Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:42 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: b1710832-96d3-477e-9dd0-26bbc1cda494 X-Archives-Hash: a07b712e1a4056025048a28247ca1a9d Brian, I would appreciate greatly if you could send those config details. It's really the elements around locking & fencing that seems to be causin= g issues. (although I don't think I really need fencing.) Thanks in advance! --Todd (todd at iil.ie) Brian Kroth wrote: > I noticed that problem once as well, but it was while issuing the "rm *= " command > on the shared space from cssh to 5 machines at once, which seems more > understandable that you'd see a problem doing it that way. However, it= should > be able to handle that and I haven't been able to reproduce it yet, so = I > couldn't track down what actually caused it. I can send you my config = details > if you'd like to compare. >=20 > Brian >=20 > "Todd M. H=E9bert" : >> Thanks Brian, there was some great info.. and even greater ebuilds. >> >> I've gotten things working.. but with some caveats. Locking isn't wor= king=20 >> properly. >> >> I can get filesystems mounted on both servers just fine.. I can copy a= file=20 >> into the shared space on one server, copy it out on the other, even de= lete=20 >> them. (copy from a, delete from b, copy from b, delete from a.) >> >> BUT... as soon as I copy in several files and issue a rm //* >> >> everything stops working for that mount. (Other mounts will continue t= o=20 >> work until a similar command is issued) >> >> It appears that anything trying to access a LIST of files causes a ser= ious=20 >> problem, and everything related to the affected mount just freezes. >> >> The /var/log/messages file shows that it freezes because it's waiting = for=20 >> locks on the files to clear. >> >> I'm getting no compiling errors. >> >> Has anyone seen similar problems or even found a way to fix this? >> >> Thanks in advance for any further help! >> >> --Todd >> >> (P.S. please excuse the company information at the bottom.. it's requi= red=20 >> under Irish law.) >> >> Brian Kroth wrote: >>> I have also been dealing with this. There aren't any gfs2 tools in >>> portage yet, and as I'm doing a new install I didn't want to go with = an >>> "old" gfs, especially since the kernel module doesn't work with newer >>> kernels anymore. I ended up writing my own ebuilds. Have a look at = these >>> links below for more info. The offsite link in the forum post is mor= e up >>> to date (better init scripts). If you're upgrading from gfs please l= et me >>> know how that goes with the new ebuilds. I think they should work ju= st >>> fine, but I haven't tested it yet. >>> Thanks, >>> Brian >>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D184850 >>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4732772.html#4732772 >>> https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bpkroth/web/gentoo/fs-cluster-ebuilds/fs-= cluster_ebuilds.tar.bz2 >>> BTW, I long time ago I posted a question regarding OCFS2 vs. GFS2. I= n my >>> research I decided OCFS2 didn't have all the features I wanted (quota= s, >>> acls, cluster flock, etc.) but I did run some simple benchmarks of ho= w >>> they respond with multiple clients. Basically just "iozone -a" on 5=20 >>> machines at >>> once. Here's another link in case anyone's interested. Sorry for th= e >>> format, but I had a student make them "pretty" and he used MS Excel 2= 007. >>> https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/bpkroth/web/fs-cluster/fs-cluster-iozone-= results.xls >>> "Todd M. H=E9bert" : >>>> Hello all, I'm hoping someone has dealt with this by now. >>>> >>>> The kernel seems only to support GFS2, but the user-space tools seem= to=20 >>>> only support GFS (GFS1?)=20 >>>> So.. I am able to format GFS filesystems in userspace, but I cannot = mount=20 >>>> them because the kernel doesn't understand them. (and the separate G= FS=20 >>>> kernel module will not compile,.. maybe because the one in the kerne= l=20 >>>> source that handles GFS2 uses some of the same necessary bits?) >>>> >>>> I need to find a way to get either GFS or GFS2 working properly. (I'= d=20 >>>> think GFS2 would be preferable.) >>>> >>>> I'm using the 2007.0 profile, and I already have the cluster element= s=20 >>>> configured, and only need to format & mount the filesystems at this=20 >>>> point. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me to a resource that will help me get this last bi= t=20 >>>> sorted? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> --Todd >>>> >>>> (P.S. Pardon anything below this line.. it is required under Irish l= aw.=20 >>>> --TMH) >>>> ********************************************************************** "Private Confidential & Privileged" This Email and any files and attachments transmitted with it are confidential and/or privileged. They are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. 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