In Lustre 2 and above, the inode numbers, which on a standard file system represent the static integer ID of a file now appear to be totally insane, being full 64bit integers. [root@coolermaster lustre]# stat x y z File: `x’ … Continue reading
As requested, here is a Lustre 2.4.0 /proc/fs/lustre dump containing various bits of information on my simple single node test system Click here to view
Well, after a very busy few weeks I’ve finally had some time to my self to get somethings done. One of those things was to replace my favorite all time wireless keyboard / mouse (The Monual MK700) with something new … Continue reading
So after a few months of being carefully packed up (and turned off), I finally had enough free time to unpack my office again and get things going. To my surprise the keyboard wasn’t working correctly. Even though it was … Continue reading
Well another year, and another LUG. This one was in San Diego California. It was generally interesting, some good talks on topics that are near and dear to my heart. Rich at InsideHPC has a great series of video presentations … Continue reading
Below is the README file for mdtest, an application designed to test meta data performance of a given file system /******************************************************************************\ * * * Copyright (c) 2003, The Regents of the University of California * * See the file COPYRIGHT … Continue reading
I picked up a new wireless router after the SnR of my pre-ban Buffalo WHR-HP-54G got out of control, I think the radio might be failing. In either case after much investigation and trying out a few different models I … Continue reading
To boot a FreeBSD machine (just about any version) from a single user maintenance boot (boot -s from loader or option 4 from boot menu) into full multi-user mode: # mount -a # swapon -a # exit This will boot … Continue reading
So while playing around with one of the local ski resorts website I decided, hey wouldn’t it be neat to time lapse the whole day by grabbing a frame a second from the public web cam. After collected my images … Continue reading
Um.. well brain dead moment tonight after putting in huge hours last week. echo `expr 2 * 2` expr: syntax error Of course… forgot to escape * 🙂 echo `expr 2 \* 2` 4 Sigh!