* Running venti from plan9port @ 2019-12-19 19:26 Steven Stallion 2019-12-20 19:13 ` [9fans] " Lucio De Re 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Steven Stallion @ 2019-12-19 19:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans All, I've updated my notes on running venti on a Linux host using plan9port on sources. If you're interested I've added a README for RHEL7 along with a systemd unit and firewalld service definition. It's a poor replacement for a proper AoE shelf, but it has stable since I migrated my data in 2015. YMMV. http://9p.io/sources/contrib/stallion/venti/ Cheers, Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Running venti from plan9port 2019-12-19 19:26 Running venti from plan9port Steven Stallion @ 2019-12-20 19:13 ` Lucio De Re 2019-12-21 17:29 ` Steven Stallion 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Lucio De Re @ 2019-12-20 19:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Steven, I found, on a 32-bit host, that vacfs truncated biggish to big files on reading them and Cinap suggested that I should look at possible confusion in size_t types versus 32-bit integers. I never got around to that, but otherwise, I have also had good service from venti on p9p. Not that you need any corroboration from me. Lucio. On 12/19/19, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > I've updated my notes on running venti on a Linux host using plan9port > on sources. If you're interested I've added a README for RHEL7 along > with a systemd unit and firewalld service definition. It's a poor > replacement for a proper AoE shelf, but it has stable since I migrated > my data in 2015. YMMV. > > http://9p.io/sources/contrib/stallion/venti/ > > Cheers, > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------ > 9fans: 9fans > Permalink: > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T1d0010397a54cc60-M8cf3c9d8713dc772641beb6a > Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription > -- Lucio De Re 2 Piet Retief St Kestell (Eastern Free State) 9860 South Africa Ph.: +27 71 471 3694 Cell: +27 83 251 5824 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Running venti from plan9port 2019-12-20 19:13 ` [9fans] " Lucio De Re @ 2019-12-21 17:29 ` Steven Stallion 2019-12-23 7:42 ` Lucio De Re 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Steven Stallion @ 2019-12-21 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > Steven, I found, on a 32-bit host, that vacfs truncated biggish to big > files on reading them and Cinap suggested that I should look at > possible confusion in size_t types versus 32-bit integers. I never got > around to that, but otherwise, I have also had good service from venti > on p9p. Interesting. I've only used Venti on 64-bit hosts, though I've not tried using vacfs from Plan 9 from User Space yet. I have a couple of large imports I pulled in from other file systems (around 30GB uncompressed), but haven't seen a case yet where data was truncated or otherwise corrupted when accessed by Plan 9. > Not that you need any corroboration from me. That's actually great to hear - I had always assumed I was running a fringe configuration, but it has made offsite backup of the venti store a much simpler affair than before. Cheers, Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Running venti from plan9port 2019-12-21 17:29 ` Steven Stallion @ 2019-12-23 7:42 ` Lucio De Re 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Lucio De Re @ 2019-12-23 7:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Let me make sure I'm not misrepresenting this: I have an external USB drive configured as a Venti device, it is portable to a (small) number of p9p hosts that have been configured to match its characteristics, I'm not sure if I actually verified that Plan 9 Venti can also access it. I wouldn't recommend that configuration for serious use: first I have at least one hardware error I will eventually need to address and that will take some effort; secondly, active Venti on my 32-bit linux-mint workstation causes shutting down to take tens of minutes - if Venti is not running, shutting down is as normal as one can expect; then there is this vacfs issue - which does not occur if I run vacfs on a Plan 9 workstation, to the very same Venti configuration. Having looked at the USB/SATA hat mentioned here, I confess it is even more tempting. And what looks really dishy would be the PCI/E, 5-device, ROCK-PI only hat which has only one disadvantage: Plan 9 has not (yet?) been ported to the ROCK-PI. Take a look: https://shop.allnetchina.cn/collections/frontpage/products/penta-sata-hat-for-rock-pi-4 seems like a great place to start. Lucio. On 12/21/19, Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com> wrote: >> Steven, I found, on a 32-bit host, that vacfs truncated biggish to big >> files on reading them and Cinap suggested that I should look at >> possible confusion in size_t types versus 32-bit integers. I never got >> around to that, but otherwise, I have also had good service from venti >> on p9p. > > Interesting. I've only used Venti on 64-bit hosts, though I've not > tried using vacfs from Plan 9 from User Space yet. I have a couple of > large imports I pulled in from other file systems (around 30GB > uncompressed), but haven't seen a case yet where data was truncated or > otherwise corrupted when accessed by Plan 9. > >> Not that you need any corroboration from me. > > That's actually great to hear - I had always assumed I was running a > fringe configuration, but it has made offsite backup of the venti > store a much simpler affair than before. > > Cheers, > Steve > > > ------------------------------------------ > 9fans: 9fans > Permalink: > https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T1d0010397a54cc60-Mfe0d3c7613855f29900c44fb > Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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