[Gluster-users] Gluster client 32bit

[Deadpan110]

Ty Stefano

I assumed that because the hypervisor was 64bit, dom0 would be too...
I had never checked!

Many thanks for pointing that out.

Martin

On 17 November 2010 00:06, Stefano Baronio <stefano.baronio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi MArtin,
>       the XenServer Dom0 is 32bit whilst the hypervisor is 64 bit.
> You need to know it when you install third part sw on the host.
> http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=269924&tstart=0
>
> So I need the 32bit compiled version to be able to mount glusterfs directly
> from the XenServer host.
>
> Cheers
> Stefano
>
>
> 2010/11/16 Deadpan110 <deadpan110 at gmail.com>
>>
>> My home testing environment I also use XenServer (again, Citrix - with
>> a Centos minimalistic core OS) - even though the Dom0 is 64bit, in any
>> Xen setup (maybe even for other virtuali[s\z]ation solutions),
>> performance is better using 32bit VM's (DomU).
>>
>> My production environment comprises of Xen virtual machines (not
>> XenServer, but still Xen), scattered around a remote datacenter.
>>
>> I too will be sharing my experiences as GlusterFS offers exactly what
>> I need and would like to deploy.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 November 2010 20:39, Stefano Baronio <stefano.baronio at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > From my point of view, 64 bit on server side is easy to handle but the
>> > client side can have different needs and limitations.
>> > For example, we are using XenServer from Citrix, the Dom0 is taken from
>> > a
>> > CentOS 5 distro and it is 32bit. I cannot change that, because is a
>> > Citrix
>> > design choice and there might be lots of these situations around.
>> > Sorry but I can't code any patches..
>> > Anyway, I will share what our experience will be with 32bit client.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Stefano
>> >
>> >
>> > 2010/11/16 Bernard Li <bernard at vanhpc.org>
>> >
>> >> Hi Christian:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Christian Fischer
>> >> <christian.fischer at easterngraphics.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > No statement from the developers about usability of glusterfs client
>> >> > on
>> >> 32bit
>> >> > systems. But this was probably discussed in earlier threads.
>> >>
>> >> I believe the official comment is that Gluster is not going to support
>> >> 32-bit systems.  However, it doesn't mean that the community cannot
>> >> support it.  If we find bugs and can code up patches, we should still
>> >> file a bug and submit the patches and hopefully they will be checked
>> >> into the official repository.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Bernard
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