Hi :) On Tuesday 25 January 2011 00:45 Wendy Cheng wrote > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Rafa Grimïn <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 ïvery 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). Yes that is true. It's a bit blurry because some file systems have features others have so "classifying" them is quite difficult. Rafa -- "We cannot treat computers as Humans. Computers need love." Happily using KDE 4.5.4 :) -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
