On 01/15/2011 04:18 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > So what can one use for webhosting purposes? > > We use XEN / KVM virtual machines, hosted on NAS devices but the NAS > devices doesn't have an easy upgrade path. We literally have to rsync > all the data to the new device and then shutdown all the machines on > the old one and restart them on the new one. They don't provide 100% > uptime either. So I'm looking for something with easier upgrade > (GlusterFS can do this) and better uptime (again, GlusterFS can do > this). > > But it's clear that GlusterFS isn't made for small files, so what else > could work well for us? XEN/KVM should be fine. Many small files should be locally cached if possible (not always possible though). -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics, Inc. email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615
