Some questions about a new install

[Brad Fitzpatrick]

Using 2.0 will be less pain.  We're already using it in production.  We're
largely polishing tools at this point.

And then, yeah, using IO::AIO, not Linux::AIO, as it works on more
platforms.


On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Clint Goudie-Nice wrote:

> Greetings, I hope I've not stumbled into the wrong mailing list here. If
> so, point me in the right direction.
>
> I'm evaluating MogileFS for a back end storage mechanism for images, and
> from everything I've read, it looks like it's ideally suited to our
> environment.
>
>
> Since this is going to be running on a production environment, I pulled
> down 1.0. I saw 2.0 in CPAN, but also saw it was marked as a developer
> release. Which would be more stable for a production environment with
> lots of hits via the http interface? I'm assuming 1.0, but wanted to
> confirm.
>
> What would be a rough estimate as to the timeframe that 2.0 is will be
> ready for a production environment?
>
> I installed the dependencies from CPAN (Perlbal,
> Perlbal::XS::HTTPHeaders, and Linux::AIO) but the 1.9 version of
> Linux::AIO fails the tests. I noticed that the dependency in mogilefs is
> actually for 1.3, so I found that specific revision, pulled it down, but
> that revision wont even make on my box.
>
> I noticed in the readme for Linux::AIO 1.9, that it says it's been
> superseded by IO::AIO and has api compatibility, so after a successful
> install of IO::AIO, I tweaked up the mogilefs package to use it instead
> of Linux::AIO. Am I on the right track here, or am I going to cause
> bigger problems?
>
> Perhaps to circumvent that question, I'm not planning to use the NFS
> mount at all. Is Linux::AIO used only for the NFS stuff, or it is more
> widely used in the MogileFS package?
>
> This is on an FC5 box with Perl 5.8.8, although an attempt on CentOS 4.4
> with Perl 5.8.5 resulted in the same errors on Linux::AIO.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Clint Goudie-Nice
> Software Architect/Engineer
> Twelve Horses
>
>