<html><body><div style="font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div>I have a questionnaire (google form) that could be used for this. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Right now, the form asks high level things like;<br></div><div>- glusterfs version<br></div><div>- node count<br></div><div>- capacity<br></div><div>- protocols in use<br></div><div>- workload type<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would be simple to extend to cover the additional items that Alan and Carlos have mentioned.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you guys are happy with this approach. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Personally, I'd like to see this become an annual data point to track how we use gluster over time.<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid #1010FF;margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"John Mark Walker" <jowalker@redhat.com><br><b>To: </b>"Vijay Bellur" <vbellur@redhat.com><br><b>Cc: </b>"Alan Orth" <alan.orth@gmail.com>, "gluster-users" <gluster-users@gluster.org>, "Paul Cuzner" <pcuzner@redhat.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, 10 April, 2014 6:04:03 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Gluster-users] Survey of GlusterFS implementation details?<br><div><br></div>Hi Alan,<br><div><br></div>It would be a great idea to have a form online somewhere that people could submit their use cases and deployment details. We used to have something like that, way back when.<br><div><br></div>What other things, besides what you've listed, would be useful to know? What should we offer in return to those who fill out the form?<br><div><br></div>-JM<br><div><br></div><br>----- Original Message -----<br>> On 04/09/2014 12:21 PM, Alan Orth wrote:<br>> > Hi, all.<br>> ><br>> > As I was tinkering with my GlusterFS setup, I was just thinking about<br>> > how useful it would be to have some sort of stats on peoples' GlusterFS<br>> > implementations. Things like:<br>> ><br>> > - Ethernet or Infiniband?<br>> > - TCP or RDMA?<br>> > - Fiber or copper?<br>> > - RAID or JBOD?<br>> > - Hardware RAID or software (md?) RAID<br>> > - XFS or ext4 or ZFS or btrfs?<br>> > - RHEL or Ubuntu?<br>> ><br>> > This could lower the barrier of entry to people who are new to GlusterFS<br>> > and need help making decisions. Also, the data would just be<br>> > reallllllly interesting!<br>> ><br>> > It could be as simple as a Survey Monkey, unless someone has a better<br>> > idea for something more formal / professional...<br>> ><br>> <br>> Sounds like a very good idea.<br>> <br>> JM and Paul have dabbled with a similar idea and might have a ready<br>> questionnaire as well. Seems like a good thing to collaborate on and<br>> have it rolling.<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Vijay<br>> <br>> <br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></body></html>