[Pvfs2-users] Verification of data distribution and replication

[Phil Carns]

Nikhil Kulkarni wrote:
> I’m sorry if this seems to be a dumb question, but I have just started 
> using pvfs and had a query:
> 
> Is there a way in which I can verify that the data is indeed being 
> spread across the various data nodes that I have configured?

Kyle's response has a good suggestion for this.

> There does not seem to be much information about maintaining pvfs or 
> adding a new I/O node to an existing cluster.

We should probably put this in the FAQ, but this mailing list posting 
has a brief overview of how to add I/O nodes:

http://www.beowulf-underground.org/pipermail/pvfs2-developers/2008-June/004078.html

> We are in the process of evaluating pvfs and hope to deploy it on a 
> large cluster in a production environment.

Excellent- good luck!

-Phil