[Pvfs2-users] Re: PVFS Release: 2.7.0

[Sam Lang]

With this change, we forgot to update the server startup script.  If  
you use the default script from the examples directory, the attached  
patch updates that script.  Once applied, you'll need to run:

./config.status

to regenerate the actual script from the pvfs-server.rc.in template.   
Keep in mind that the init script is an example, and may need to be  
modified to suit your needs.

Thanks,

-sam

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On Nov 14, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Sam Lang wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> I forgot to mention an important feature in this release:  the PVFS  
> server now only takes a single config file, no more per-server  
> config files to distribute.  The pvfs2-genconfig script now only  
> generates a single config file, which can be given as an argument  
> when starting the server.
>
> For those of you with a bunch of per-server config files, a script  
> is included in this release that converts all the old config files  
> into a single new one.  As an example:
>
> pvfs2-config-convert --servers "myhost{1-10}" old-fs.conf old- 
> server.conf new-fs.conf
>
> See the --help for further info.
>
> Also, on startup, the server now uses the hostname to determine  
> which endpoint in the config file it should listen on.  If the  
> hostname doesn't match to any of the endpoints specified in the  
> config file, the -a option can be used to point the server to the  
> right endpoint.  The -help for the pvfs2-server process provides  
> more detailed information.
>
> Thanks,
> -sam
>
> On Nov 14, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Sam Lang wrote:
>
>>
>> Announcing version 2.7.0 of PVFS
>> ===========================
>>
>> This release includes additional support for a number of high- 
>> performance networks, namely Myricom MX and Cray Portals. We also  
>> provide a number of feature improvements to the Infiniband  
>> networking layer, a new two-dimensional distribution for TCP  
>> networks, immutable file support, and better support for user- 
>> specified layout of data over storage objects. We also include  
>> support for Linux kernels 2.6.22 and 2.6.23, as well as continue  
>> support for older kernel versions.
>>
>> You can download the release from the ftp site:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.parl.clemson.edu/pub/pvfs2/pvfs-2.7.0.tar.gz
>>
>> The checksums for this release are:
>>
>> MD5SUM:	99e7680e82b692f699b5a295b31989c8  pvfs-2.7.0.tar.gz
>> SHA1SUM:	e5c3de5eec880fbaec7984ad1eee36f60564414e  pvfs-2.7.0.tar.gz
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> -PVFS v2 Development Team
>>
>