Yes, this is a solution for now, you can have multiple protocol/server volumes in the server.vol running on differnt ports each having its own client-volume-filename avati On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 10:35:01PM -0400, majied.najjar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Ah. I understand. > > Maybe you could have glusterfsd listen on multiple ports. Each mountpoint > could be assigned to its own port which if called, would yield its own > client spec. > > Majied > > > > > Yep, I'm already doing what you do (accept sharing the same root > filesystem amongst your clients via diskless booting), using local files > referenced in the fstab. > > > > If you tell the glusterfsd the location of a client file, it can serve > that to clients that ask, so that you don't need to keep a local copy of > the client spec file. I was hoping that there was a way (or, more > likely, the feature could be added) to have the glusterfsd serve up > different client spec files by name. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brent > > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, majied.najjar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> Hi Brent, > >> > >>> But are you referring to a server from which to retrieve your client > files, or do you just have local client files? > >> > >> I have local client files, though they are all managed from a central > location via diskless booting. > >> > >>> > >>> If you are doing retrieval of different client spec files from a > remote server, how do you specify the different files in the > glusterfsd spec > >> > >> I do not reference a client spec file in the glusterfsd spec file. > However, I do reference the volumes defined in the glusterfsd spec file > in > >> the client spec file. > >> > >>> and how do you reference the different client specs when doing the > mounts? > >> > >> I name my client files after my mounts. For example "/home" would be > "/etc/glusterfs/home.vol" and it would look like this alongside "/var" > in > >> the fstab: > >> > >> /etc/glusterfs/home.vol /home glusterfs defaults 0 0 > >> /etc/glusterfs/var.vol /var glusterfs defaults 0 0 > >> > >> Once it is in the fstab, you can mount it with: > >> `mount /home` > >> or > >> `mount -t glusterfs /etc/glusterfs/home.vol /home` > >> > >> I hope I did not miss your question... > >> > >> Majied > >> > >> > >> > >> Majied > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Brent > >>> > >>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, majied.najjar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>> > >>>> Sure. > >>>> > >>>> I am actually using a separate client file per mount point referenced in > >>>> /etc/fstab in one implementation. > >>>> > >>>> Majied > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Is it possible to have multiple client spec files served from one > glusterfsd? It would be nice to be able to specify which filesystem > you > >>>>> want to mount by name. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Brent > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Gluster-devel mailing list > >>>>> Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- ultimate_answer_t deep_thought (void) { sleep (years2secs (7500000)); return 42; }
