On 22/03/2010 17:59, Oliver Hoffmann wrote: > Hi all, > > I just made some tests on two old machines using Ubuntu 10.4 (server > i386) with fuse-2.7.4glfs11 and glusterfs-3.0.3. At a first glance it > seems to be OK. > The next step is deploying a system which could be used for > production. What would you suggest? Ubuntu 10.4 (server 64bit) is my > first choice because of LTS. Whatsoever, I think it is more the version > of glusterfs which makes it stable or not, isn't it? > In the end I'd like to have a distributed& replicated storage which > provides data for a bunch of (virtualized) LAMPS. > > TIA for your recommendations! > I'm intrigued. I had not realised that there were other options than Gentoo for use on a server?! (Bang up to date, flexible configuration and strong support of various virtualisation solutions. Slight negative in update speeds, but can be mitigated by using a binary package cache) Will try out those new fangled options you suggested above, but in the meantime have a look at Gentoo (at least if you are fairly confident with your linux skills). Big plug for linux-vservers also, especially in combination with some custom server profiles to define required software versions and options Good luck Ed W
