I am not sure how it works on Gluster but to mitigate the problem with listing a lot of small files wouldn't it be suitable to keep on every node a copy of the directory tree. I think Isilon does that and there is probably a lot to be learned from them which seems quiet mature technology. Could also have another interesting thing added in the future, local SSD to keep the file system metadata for faster access. Regards, Fernando Frediani Lead Systems Engineer [Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image003.png at 01CD637B.AB2C8040] 260-266 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EB, United Kingdom sales: +44 (0) 20 7150 3800 ddi: +44 (0) 20 7150 3803 fax: +44 (0) 20 7336 8420 web: http://www.qubenet.net/ Qube Managed Services Limited Company Number: 6215769 (Registered in England and Wales) VAT Registration Number: GB 933 8400 27 This e-mail and the information it contains are confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately. You should not copy it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person. The contents of this e-mail do not necessarily reflect the views of the company. E&OE P Please consider the environment before printing this email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20120813/1798a74c/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 2373 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: <http://gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20120813/1798a74c/attachment.png>
