Martin, we might introduce this in 1.4.x, where will have the right framework to re-open a file reliably after a reconnect (immune to renames and recreations). avati 2008/2/17, Martin Fick <mogulguy@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi list, > > I just discovered glusterfs recently, which kind of > puzzles me, why haven't I heard of it before? I have > looked for something like it for quite a while now! > Much about glusterfs just seems more "correct" than > many other solutions. It seems more scalable, and I > mean that in both ways, up and down. Many of the > other solutions neglect the down part. > > Anyway, I have a question. Is there anyway to make a > glusterfs mount be "hard" the way that nfs filesystems > can be mounted "hard"? I would like a process to > block if the server is down until the server returns. > Currently if I run a "ls" on filesystem when the > server is down I get: > > ls: /music: Transport endpoint is not connected > > If this is not currently possible, is it in the > "works"/plan? > > Thanks, > > -Martin > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- If I traveled to the end of the rainbow As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me The pot's at the other end.