On 11/16/2010 05:36 AM, Stefano Baronio wrote: > 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. > The built-in NFS module is typically as fast or faster than using the fuse wrapper on the client side. So the best way to support 32-bit clients is likely via NFS. > 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gluster-users mailing list >>>> Gluster-users at gluster.org >>>> http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gluster-users mailing list >>> Gluster-users at gluster.org >>> http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
