Please do not attempt do run CPU-intensive software directly on the cluster. For CPU-bound applications like file compression there is barely a benefit in read/write efficiency; but stealing CPU cycles from OneFS may put the cluster's predictable work performance at a risk.
Newer/newest PowerScale node models running latest OneFS releases do have inline compression built in, so that all CPU usage happens in a controlled way.
(Of course this inline compression is invisible to the user: file.dat will stay file.dat and not become file.dat.gz. This may or may not be desirable; e.g. where compressed files should be read in compressed form in order to save network bandwidth.)
DELL-Sam L
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November 8th, 2021 16:00
Hello Alex_val,
What is your current Onefs version?
Peter_Sero
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November 11th, 2021 10:00
Please do not attempt do run CPU-intensive software directly on the cluster. For CPU-bound applications like file compression there is barely a benefit in read/write efficiency; but stealing CPU cycles from OneFS may put the cluster's predictable work performance at a risk.
Newer/newest PowerScale node models running latest OneFS releases do have inline compression built in, so that all CPU usage happens in a controlled way.
(Of course this inline compression is invisible to the user: file.dat will stay file.dat and not become file.dat.gz. This may or may not be desirable; e.g. where compressed files should be read in compressed form in order to save network bandwidth.)
hth
-- Peter