Hi Nick, Have you used --disable-direct-io-mode while starting glusterfs? If not, can you please give it a try? Thanks, Vijay Nick Birkett wrote: > I tried installing a xen disk image to glusterfs : version 3.0.4. > Transport tcp (Gbit). > > Glusterfs works fine with other applications. Iozone reports > 110Mbytes/s read / write. > > I copied and existing xen disk image to glusterfs as root. > > [root at xenbox xen]# ls /data1/vm/xen/SL54/sl54.img > /data1/vm/xen/SL54/sl54.img > [root at xenbox xen]# xm create -c sl54.data1 > Using config file "./sl54.data1". > > Hangs at the booting stage. > > If I copy the sl54.img to local disk, then vm boots ok. > > Also noted if I use RedHat virt-manager to kickstart a new vm, network > dies at loading xenblck driver > when the image directory is on glusterfs. > > I know xen does some wierd network things. > > Perhaps some resource conflicts ? > > Nick > > > This e-mail message may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. If you are not an addressee or otherwise authorized to > receive this message, you should not use, copy, disclose or take any > action based on this e-mail or any information contained in the message. > If you have received this material in error, please advise the sender > immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. > Streamline Computing is a trading division of Concurrent Thinking > Limited: Registered in England and Wales No: 03913912 > Registered Address: The Innovation Centre, Warwick Technology Park, > Gallows Hill, Warwick, CV34 6UW, United Kingdom > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
