[Wrf-users] Global File System on a Red Hat Linux cluster

[Guilherme Chagas]

Hi Doug,

I've recently implemented a Dell SAN (MD3000i), using GFS, over
gigabit ethernet. So far the performance has been good enough for WRF
(using 10min. outputs, 4 blades simultaneously), haven't noticed any
difference to a local file system when running the model. File
transfer among hosts are somewhat degraded, but possibly the network
setup is to blame - still have some fine-tunning left to be done.
If you have a SAN system I strongly recommend a clustered storage
solution for its reliability when compared to NFS.

Best Regards,
___________________________
                Guilherme O. Chagas
                              goc at ufrj.br
                               goc at ua.pt



On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Doug Boyer <DBoyer at tceq.state.tx.us> wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with setting up an Infiniband connected Linux
> cluster with a Global File System (GFS) instead of NFS for running WRF?  If
> so and you wouldn't mind some folks picking your brain about GFS, please
> contact me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug
>
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