> Thanks for the quick response and it works just as expected.. > > Just another question - if I mount now all the volumes localy this way > skipping the glusterfsd can I also start glusterfsd and export the volume > to > be mounted on remote clients? > Basically - can the the bricks and namespace be mounted/reused by more > than > one 'glusterfs(d)' instance or it will conflict and thrash the the > filesystem if clients acess files different ways? you should not have multiple glusterfsds working on the same export directory. But, within a single glusterfs process, the volume (directory) can be used in multiple ways - to be exported by a server, and mounted locally - at the same time. avati
