[Lustre-discuss] Applications of Lustre - streaming?

[Colin Faber]

Hi,

On 12/07/2012 10:26 AM, Jon Yeargers wrote:
>
> Can Lustre be used to store data like streaming audio / video?
>
Yes

> I’ve been scolded about considering it for DB storage but I’m looking 
> at the relative merits of Lustre vs HDFS.
>
db reads/writes tends to lead to small I/O which lustre does not handle 
as well as large I/O

> I’m moving to a clustered DB setup and wondering about Cassandra / 
> Lustre vs Hadoop (IE HBase / HDFS). One offers flexibility in terms of 
> mixing hardware components while the other is a ‘one stop shop’.
>
Honestly not sure, If you do perform some benchmarking between the two, 
I, and I'm sure others would be greatly interested in seeing how the 
various FS technologies stack up!

> Not trying to elicit a religious war – and yes, I’ve been reading as 
> much as I can find about this. Just hoping for the opinion(s) of this 
> side of the table.
>

I don't think you'll find that here =)

-cf

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