[Pvfs2-users] pvfs2 stability

[Rob Ross]

at least lustre isn't in there either :).

Mark Bartelt wrote:
>>>  There's no bit anywhere where we get to say "we're
>>>  a network file system". They may skip file systems
>>>  with the fstype "nfs" or "afs" or something along
>>>  those lines...
> 
> Yep, it turns out that's exactly what they do.  The one
> that comes with our SuSE distribution will, by default,
> skip all filesystems of the following types ...
> 
> PRUNEFS="nfs NFS proc afs smbfs autofs"
> 
> The one from the gnu.org FTP site has a more extensive
> list, but still doesn't include PVFS ...
> 
> PRUNEFS="nfs NFS proc afs proc smbfs autofs iso9660 ncpfs coda devpts ftpfs devfs mfs sysfs shfs"
> 
> (I guess they wanted to be doubly certain they'd skip
> "proc" filesystems. ;-)
> 
> So anyway ...  Yeah, as you suggested earlier it might
> be a worthwhile thing to add to the FAQ, to warn people
> to add "pvfs2" to their PRUNEFS list, to prevent their
> PVFS systems from getting hosed as zillions of systems
> fire off a daily "updatedb" simultaneously.
>