billy cokalopolous wrote:
Just like mysql server causing glusterfs & glusterfsd high cpu load when mounted on glusterfs, 5 concurrent md5sum operations on a 300MB file cause the same high cpu usage for glusterfs and glusterfsd (see below)
Not an answer to your question, but running a database on a network file systems is in general considered a very bad idea. Look into block level based replication for a DBMS (DRBD, ENBD, iSCSI, AoE, FC, etc).
-- Best regards, Hannes Dorbath