[Pvfs2-users] pvfs2 question

[LaoTsao(Dr. tsao)]

thx
what I am asking is the following:
for pvfs2 server node, can one run application inside the server and 
access  the data that is on pvfs2 FS?
and how?


Robert Latham wrote:

>On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:42:11PM -0400, LaoTsao (Dr. Tsao) wrote:
>  
>
>>can pvfs2-client and pvfsd run in the same node?
>>    
>>
>
>Hi Dr tsao
>
>'pvfsd' is a daemon from the older PVFS v1 series.  If you had both 
>some PVFS v1 servers and some PVFS v2 servers, then yes you could
>definitely load both the pvfs and pvfs2 kernel modules and run both
>pvfs2-client and pvfsd.  
>
>We say it is not recomended because very few people actually end up in
>this situation.  
>
>If all you have are PVFS v2 servers, then do not run pvfsd.
>
>I think what you might be asking is if PVFS servers can also be
>clients?  That is definitely possible, but you will incur some
>overhead.   The prefered setup is to have some number of dedicated
>PVFS servers. 
>
>==rob
>
>  
>

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