Hi Richard,
Yes, you can't directly use the 1FreeBSD server as glusterfsd server yet.
But your idea is perfect, you can export the FreeBSD server's disk using
NFS. and in the server where you have Linux, use it as a posix translator.
Assume you have
/mnt/usb1 <- first USB disk
/mnt/usb2 <- second USB disk
/mnt/freebsd <- NFS exported freebsd partition.
now your server config will look like
----
volume usb1
type storage/posix
directory /mnt/usb1
end-volume
volume usb2
type storage/posix
directory /mnt/usb2
end-volume
volume nfs
type storage/posix
directory /mnt/freebsd
end-volume
volume unify
type cluster/unify
subvolumes nfs usb1 usb2
option namespace ns
option scheduler rr
end-volume
volume server
...
option auth.ip.unify.allow *
end-volume
------
Now you can have a client spec with just a client protocol, which connects
to unify ("option remote-subvolume unify")
-amar
On 7/7/07, Richard Mann <consultrmann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
I am testing a very simple config (1 client, 2 server). What i would
like to know is, is it possible to mount multiple external usb drives to
the server while simultaneously "nfs" mapping a raid server (freebsd - no
gluster) to be "unified" and viewed via the gluster client?
To clarify:
1 client (Linux)
1 server (Linux w/ 2 500GB usb drives)
1 server (freeBSD - RAID w/ 1TB)
Here's the idea:
The linux server would "mount" the FreeBSD server because, gluster is
not supported on bsd (huge bummer).
The linux server would also have external usb drives mounted (2- 500GB)
Then, "unify" the NFS mount (reexport ?) along with the external drives
to the same namespace.
If possible, I should see 2TB from the client. If so, what kind of
config should I use?
Thanks
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