On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Rafa Grimán <rafagriman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 24 January 2011 22:58 Jeff Sturm wrote >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] >> >> > On Behalf Of Wendy Cheng >> > Subject: Re: gfs2 v. zfs? >> > >> > I would love to get an education here. From usage model point of view, >> > what is the >> > difference between a "parallel file system" and a "cluster file >> > system" ? i.e., when to >> > use a parallel file system and when to use a cluster file system ? >> >> Getting off-topic but I'd also like to hear who uses a parallel >> distributed FS, and what problem space they work well in. > > > HPC where you need very high bandwidth/throughput to disk (usually scratch > filesystem). You hit the right points (and thanks for previous explanation) ! However, from usage point of view, I think the line is blurry these days (e.g. IBM's GPFS is said to be a cluster filesystem but have been used well in HPC environment). BTW, I never understand why top-post is evil ? Isn't it making some emails hard to read ? -- Wendy -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
