Please watch the video and blog entry for more information on GlusterFS 3.6 release and the features included in it.
Here is the blog about GlusterFS 3.6 release :
http://blog.gluster.org/2014/10/glusterfs-3-6-0-is-alive/
misc/general
ovirt – docker integration !!
Previously Oved had published a blog post about the same topic and Today I noticed this presentation from Federico and surprised to see the current status of this attempt!! things are really fast and promising!
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libgfapi interface of GlusterFS
One of the known methods to access glusterfs is via fuse module. However, it has some overhead or performance issues because of the number of context switches which need to be performed to complete one i/o transaction as shown below. To over come this limitation, a new method called ‘libgfapi’ is introduced. libgfapi support is …
sys-unconfig command to reconfigure your system from next boot..
sys-unconfig is a shell script to reconfigure the system upon next boot .. The man page description is more than enough to know what parameters are reconfigured from next boot.. sys-unconfig provides a simple method of reconfiguring a system in a new environment. Upon executing sys-unconfig will halt your system, and run the following configuration …
Understanding Qcow2 image , its header and verifying corruption..
qcow2 is one of the best image formats available for virtual machines running on top of KVM .. Its known as qemu image format version 2. Use it to have smaller images (useful if your filesystem does not supports holes, for example on Windows), optional AES encryption, zlib based compression and support of multiple VM …
KVM live migration process [Part -1 ]
If you are using KVM to run virtual machines in your environment then, you can make use of one of the fantastic features of KVM. i.e. Live Migration of virtual machines. So, first we will see what is the exact meaning of KVM live migration. KVM live migration is the process of moving the virtual …
@pycon 2013 bangalore..
Pycon 2013 India conference was held on Aug 30,31 & Sep 1st in Bangalore . This is the 5th year of PyCON India, conference was attended by more than 1100 or I would say Bangalore was filled with python enthusiasts 🙂 . The keynotes, sessions, workshops and panel discussion (on Python in education) were good …