Questions tagged [gfs]

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Is `ln` atomic and reliable on NFS? Could NFS replace GFS in this use case?

I have a cluster with a bunch of servers with a shared disk containing a GFS global file system that all nodes access simultaneously. Each node in the cluster run the same program (a shell script is the main core). The system processes files that…
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Is it possible to mount an ATA over Ethernet (AOE) block device on multiple clients, if so how?

I have a lab consisting of 3 machines connected with 2 10gbe links on 2 segregated networks. Each device has 100tb in block storage connected to it. I want to use ATA over Ethernet to create a storage cluster which can be accessed from all the…
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CentOS 8 - Clustered File System

In my environment, I have a need for a shared disk between two application servers such that changes on Server A are immediately available on Server B. Historically, I have solved this issue by sharing a GFS2 volume by using multipathed disks stored…
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Is there a way to achieve context-dependent path names (CDPN) on NFS?

In my GFS clusters I use the CDPN feature to have separate chrooted /dev/log directories on separate cluster nodes: /home/ftpuser/foo: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 26 2010 dev -> .sys/@hostname/dev /home/ftpuser/foo/.sys: drwx--x--x 3 root…
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probably gfs2 problem

We have a Mail Server (CentOS 6.5) with these component: Postfix Dovecot Mysql MailScanner (spamassassin,clamav) GFS2 Partition Last night the server crashed and this is the kernel logs before that: May 11 01:07:01 mail1 kernel: original:…
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GFS2 File system Support End Date(S) with RHEL6 Server

Could anyone let me know, the End Of Life support dates for GFS2 file system for RHEL6 version? Raising a track to Redhat is an option for the existing partners to get this information! For me, it is not. Thanks. /Franco
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Performing maintenance on GFS2 inside pacemaker cluster

I will need to perform a maintenance on one of storage servers that provides GFS2 volume to a three node pacemaker cluster. Same cluster has an addition of 2 GFS2 volumes as well. Would it be safe to run pacemaker resource disable on GFS2 resource…
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Linux Ubuntu, NFS for logs and cache, NFS or GFS

my company has no dev ops person and I am developer so I hardly know the best practices of dev ops as I am new to it, so please forgive me for any mistake. I have two Ubuntu machines. Each of them have a exact SAME web server and hence they give…
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