Hi, I'm researching possible cluster solutions for a web service that serves lots of relatively small files (2MB or less on average). I've been leaning toward mogileFS because I know it's deployed on a large production system (LJ) doing exactly what I need. It also provides replication and fault tolerance. I just found out about glusterfs, and am very impressed with the clean design and the fact that it works at the posix fs level so I won't need to change my app. Is glusterfs deployed in any large production system? I read through the Automatic File Replication examples on the web site, and while I understand how they work, it seems like a lot of set up is required, especially as you add more nodes. Is there a way to configure glusterfs to work more like mogilefs, where a file is saved to 2 or 3 of the storage servers automatically? It seems like the RR scheduler almost does what I want, if it could just save the file to a couple of more subvolumes instead of just one. -- Chris Bare chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx
