#935612 RFP: orangefs -- parallel network file system

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2025-11-29 16:44:50 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#935612#5
Date:
2019-08-24 13:51:11 UTC
From:
To:
* Package name    : orangefs
  Version         : 2.9.7
  Upstream Author : various
* URL             : http://www.orangefs.org/
* License         : LGPL 2.1+
  Programming Lang: -
  Description     : Parallel network file system

From the fedora packages description:

OrangeFS (formerly PVFS2) is a high-performance parallel
network file system designed for use on high performance computing
systems.  It provides very high performance access to disk storage for
parallel applications.  It is accessible through a variety of
interfaces, including the native OrangeFS library, the kernel, FUSE,
and MPI-IO.

CONFIG_ORANGEFS_FS has been enabled as module since 4.19.5-1~exp1, cf.
#911743. But in Debian the respective userland tools are not present.
They are for instance in Fedora
https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/orangefs .

I have not idea if it's feasible to maintain it but depending on if
yes this could permit alternatives to other ones (as well not present
in Debian) like BeeGFS.

Anyone interested in evaluating orangefs within Debian?

Regards,
Salvatore

#935612#10
Date:
2025-09-29 19:01:07 UTC
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To:


Package name	:	orangefs
Version		:	2.10.1
Upstream Author	:	Mike Marshall <hubcap@omnibond.com>
URL		:	https://www.orangefs.org/
License		:	LGPL
Description	:	OrangeFS is a scalable parallel cluster file system for Linux, providing high-performance access to large data sets. This package includes the client and server userspace components

The orangefs kernel module is upstream and included in debian. I wish
these userspace parts were also available as packages. My "debian"
directory is available here: https://github.com/hubcapsc/debianize_orangefs