From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Tyga Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:27:13 +1100 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113b0692e36b89053ea43e79 Subject: Re: [9fans] What does your fileserver consist of? Topicbox-Message-UUID: a4ab4830-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113b0692e36b89053ea43e79 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Jim, I think you should be fine. I'm using five rescued HP ePCs all with PIII @800MHz, 128MB RAM and a range of HDs, including one one with 80GB. All connected via a HP ProCurve 1G switch. I have one RPi2 connected to the cluster and it, too, works fine with them. Still having struggles with auth, etc. For what it's worth, I have an ePC booting off a compact flash card (via an IDE adaptor) - that one is rather slow. I haven't benchmarked this cluster against anything, but my impression is that it's Ok, but a single contemporary PC seems faster (SSD, SATA3, etc) Well that's one dodgy data point for you! On 12 October 2016 at 11:33, James A. Robinson wrote: > Folks, > > One of the things I'm thinking about is setting up a full Plan 9 > cluster, meaning one of the components would be a stand-alone > fileserver hooked up to a decent amount of storage. > > I was wondering what experience people have had with slower or faster > machines in this role? > > I was wondering whether or not it'd be feasible to hook up something > like http://tinyurl.com/jgov5gc (Amazon.com) to something small like a > Raspberry Pi 3, or if the I/O would be too much for that kind of > computer to handle. > > Does anyone here run a fileserver on a small computer like a > raspberry pi 3, or perhaps something like an Intel nuc? > > I wouldn't be supporting multiple users, just myself moving between > a couple of devices. > > Jim > > --001a113b0692e36b89053ea43e79 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Jim,

I think you should be fine.=C2= =A0 I'm using five rescued=C2=A0HP eP= Cs=C2=A0all with PIII @800MHz, 128MB RAM and a range of HDs, including = one one with 80GB.=C2=A0 All connected via a HP ProCurve 1G switch.=C2=A0 I= have one RPi2 connected to the cluster and it, too, works fine with them.= =C2=A0 Still having struggles with auth, etc.

For = what it's worth, I have an ePC booting off a compact flash card (via an= IDE adaptor) - that one is rather slow.=C2=A0 I haven't benchmarked th= is cluster against anything, but my impression is that it's Ok, but a s= ingle contemporary PC seems faster (SSD, SATA3, etc)

Well that's one dodgy data point for you!

=

On 12 October 201= 6 at 11:33, James A. Robinson <jim.robinson@gmail.com> = wrote:
Folks,
=

One of the things I'm thinking about is setting up = a full Plan 9
cluster, meaning one of the components would be a s= tand-alone
fileserver hooked up to a decent amount of storage.

I was wondering what experience people have had with= slower or faster
machines in this role?

I was wondering whether or not it'd be feasible to hook up something
like http= ://tinyurl.com/jgov5gc (Amazon.com) to something small like a
Raspberry Pi 3, or if the I/O would be too much for that kind of
computer to handle.

Does anyone here run a filese= rver on a small computer like a
raspberry pi 3, or perhaps someth= ing like an Intel nuc?

I wouldn't be supportin= g multiple users, just myself moving between
a couple of devices.=

Jim


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