Hi MArtin,
the XenServer Dom0 is 32bit whilst the hypervisor is 64 bit.
You need to know it when you install third part sw on the host.
http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=269924&tstart=0
So I need the 32bit compiled version to be able to mount glusterfs directly
from the XenServer host.
Cheers
Stefano
2010/11/16 Deadpan110 <deadpan110 at gmail.com>
> My home testing environment I also use XenServer (again, Citrix - with
> a Centos minimalistic core OS) - even though the Dom0 is 64bit, in any
> Xen setup (maybe even for other virtuali[s\z]ation solutions),
> performance is better using 32bit VM's (DomU).
>
> My production environment comprises of Xen virtual machines (not
> XenServer, but still Xen), scattered around a remote datacenter.
>
> I too will be sharing my experiences as GlusterFS offers exactly what
> I need and would like to deploy.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 16 November 2010 20:39, Stefano Baronio <stefano.baronio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > From my point of view, 64 bit on server side is easy to handle but the
> > client side can have different needs and limitations.
> > For example, we are using XenServer from Citrix, the Dom0 is taken from a
> > CentOS 5 distro and it is 32bit. I cannot change that, because is a
> Citrix
> > design choice and there might be lots of these situations around.
> > Sorry but I can't code any patches..
> > Anyway, I will share what our experience will be with 32bit client.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Stefano
> >
> >
> > 2010/11/16 Bernard Li <bernard at vanhpc.org>
> >
> >> Hi Christian:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Christian Fischer
> >> <christian.fischer at easterngraphics.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > No statement from the developers about usability of glusterfs client
> on
> >> 32bit
> >> > systems. But this was probably discussed in earlier threads.
> >>
> >> I believe the official comment is that Gluster is not going to support
> >> 32-bit systems. However, it doesn't mean that the community cannot
> >> support it. If we find bugs and can code up patches, we should still
> >> file a bug and submit the patches and hopefully they will be checked
> >> into the official repository.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Bernard
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