[Pvfs2-users] pvfs configuration questions

[rcbord at wm.edu]

Hi all,
   We are wanting to configure the compute nodes on our cluster as a 
local/scratch directory for Batch jobs.  Each compute node as 30+ Gbytes
  available.  We need to be able support an ocean modeling code that
generates 130+Gbyte outputs files.  We have a single login node
with 21 compute nodes mix of amd single and dual core nodes.  We have an
infiniband switch and a fast ethernet switch.  There are 3 snap servers 
with 1-4 TByte of disk.  Right now the we have NFS mounted home 
directories from the snap servers.

So how do we integrate pvfs?  Do we need a seperate io server or can we
use the snap servers? or the login node?  Can we do this so it is 
transparent to the users?

Chris Bording
Application Analyst
High Performance Computing Group 
Information Technology
The College of William and Mary
(757)-221-3488
rcbord at wm.edu