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Our user-data is stored in /users on [[ginseng]] in a RAID 1 mirror running on two 400 GB SATA disks. Ginseng runs Solaris 10 and uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS ZFS] as the filesystem for /users. All of our systems NFSv4 mount /users.
Our user-data is stored in /users on [[Machine_List#psilodump|psilodump]] on an ISCSI volume exported to [[Machine_List#aspartame|aspartame]], which exports /users/ via NFS. Plans to add a layer of LVM abstraction so as to support regular snapshot backups of /users/ are currently in-place, but not yet fully implemented. All of our systems NFS mount /users, and most of them do so using [[Kerberos]] for authentication.


We have also explored additional methods for replicating user-data, including AFS, Coda, and DRBD, but have found all to be unusable or problematic.
We have also explored additional methods for replicating user-data, including AFS, Coda, and DRBD, but have found all to be unusable or problematic.
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On November 8, 2007, we experienced a major NFS failure. An analysis of the logs indicated that the fault was likely caused by NFSv4-specific code. As a result, we have returned to mounting with NFSv3.
On November 8, 2007, we experienced a major NFS failure. An analysis of the logs indicated that the fault was likely caused by NFSv4-specific code. As a result, we have returned to mounting with NFSv3.


In November 2015, we made another attempt at mounting with NFSv4 in the office. This was a huge time suck and failed sporadically. As a result, we have returned to mounting with NFSv3. NFSv4 ACLs/mapping seem to be the culprit. NFSv4, '''just not ready'''.
= ZFS =


== Troubleshooting ==
On March 15, 2008, we transitioned to ZFS.


* If NFS refuses to mount, with a message similar to "Incorrect mount option was specified", ensure that the "nfs-common" service is running. This is required for Kerberos authentication with NFS.
== Overview ==


= ZFS =
Each user directory is stored in a separate zfs file system.

To create a user directory:
zfs create users/$USER

To delete a user directory:
zfs destroy users/$USER

To move/rename a user directory:
zfs rename users/$USER_OLD users/$USER_NEW

== NFS (server-side) ==

To disable atime, devices, and setuid:
zfs set atime=off users
zfs set devices=off users
zfs set setuid=off users

To export over NFS using host-based access-control:
zfs set sharenfs="sec=sys,rw=$ACCESS_LIST,nosuid" users
where ACCESS_LIST may be as a colon-separated list of any of the following:
* hostname (e.g. glucose-fructose.csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
* netgroup (e.g. in LDAP)
* domain name suffix (e.g. .csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
* network (e.g. @129.97.134.0/24)
A minus sign (-) may prefix one of the above to indicate that access is to be denied. 'man share_nfs' has full details.

To make umask work sanely with ACL's:
zfs set aclmode=passthrough users

To make ACL inheritance work sanely:
zfs set aclinherit=passthrough users

Here's what we set this to currently:
rw=acesulfame-potassium:artificial-flavours:ascorbic-acid:caffeine:caramel-colour:citric-acid:dextroamphetamine-saccharate:\
glucose-fructose:natural-flavours:ozone:perpugilliam:phosphoric-acid:potassium-citrate:sodium-citrate:taurine,root=caffeine

The NFSv4 domain is auto-detected by default, although to be safe, you can explicitly set it in /etc/default/nfs:
NFSMAPID_DOMAIN=csclub.uwaterloo.ca

== Initial setup ==

This documents some important steps that needed to be done once.

You need to create an nfs kerberos principal on caffeine:
sudo kadmin.local
addprinc -randkey zfs/ginseng.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
ktadd -e des-cbc-crc:normal -k /tmp/ginseng.nfs.keytab

You then need to merge that keytab (using ktutil) into /etc/krb5/krb5.keytab on ginseng.

== NFS (client-side) ==

You should install the autofs package. Then edit /etc/auto.master and append the following:
/users /etc/auto.users

Create /etc/auto.users with content:
* -fstype=nfs4,soft,intr,nosuid,nodev disk:/users/&

In order to support NFSv4 ACL's with getfacl/setfacl, you should apply the [http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ NFSv4 ACL patch]. You can also compile the [http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ nfs4_getfacl/nfs4_setfacl utils].

== Quota ==

To query quota:
zfs get quota users/$USER

To set quota:
zfs set quota=$SIZE users/$USER
where $SIZE could be 2.5G, 100M, etc...

To set no quota:
zfs set quota=none users/$USER

== Snapshots ==

Snapshots can be accessed from /users/$USER/.zfs/snapshot/.

To create a snapshot:
zfs create users/$USER@$SNAPSHOT

To delete a snapshot:
zfs destroy users/$USER@$SNAPSHOT

To rename a snapshot:
zfs rename users/$USER@$SNAPSHOT_OLD users/$USER@$SNAPSHOT_NEW

To list snapshots:
zfs list -t snapshot -r users

== Miscellaneous ==

You should occasional scrub (error-check) the zpool:
zpool scrub users


On March 15, 2008, we transitioned to ZFS. This move has since been reversed; details are preserved in [http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/User-data?oldid=2331 a previous revision of this page]
For small files, ZFS+NFS performance really sucks. You can fix this by enabling zil_disable:
echo 'set zfs:zil_disable=1' >> /etc/system
More information on zil_disable is available [http://blogs.sun.com/erickustarz/entry/zil_disable here] and [http://weblog.etherized.com/?p=130 here].


[[Category:Services]]
To see zpool status and statistics:
[[Category:Software]]
zpool status -v users
zpool iostat -v users

Latest revision as of 01:20, 4 December 2015

Our user-data is stored in /users on psilodump on an ISCSI volume exported to aspartame, which exports /users/ via NFS. Plans to add a layer of LVM abstraction so as to support regular snapshot backups of /users/ are currently in-place, but not yet fully implemented. All of our systems NFS mount /users, and most of them do so using Kerberos for authentication.

We have also explored additional methods for replicating user-data, including AFS, Coda, and DRBD, but have found all to be unusable or problematic.

NFS

NFSv3 has been in long standing use by the CSC as well as almost everyone else on the planet. NFSv4 mounts of /users are currently in the works to CSCF. Unfortunately NFS has a number of problems. Clients become desperately unhappy when disconnected from the NFS server. Also previous to NFSv4 there was no way to client side cache, resulting in poor performance with large files.

On November 8, 2007, we experienced a major NFS failure. An analysis of the logs indicated that the fault was likely caused by NFSv4-specific code. As a result, we have returned to mounting with NFSv3.

In November 2015, we made another attempt at mounting with NFSv4 in the office. This was a huge time suck and failed sporadically. As a result, we have returned to mounting with NFSv3. NFSv4 ACLs/mapping seem to be the culprit. NFSv4, just not ready.

Troubleshooting

  • If NFS refuses to mount, with a message similar to "Incorrect mount option was specified", ensure that the "nfs-common" service is running. This is required for Kerberos authentication with NFS.

ZFS

On March 15, 2008, we transitioned to ZFS. This move has since been reversed; details are preserved in a previous revision of this page

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