On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:05:44 +0200 Daniel Maher <dma+gluster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are we or are we not supposed to use the Unify translator in > conjunction with AFR ? > > If we are, why does it cause the mountpoint to fail if one of the > AFR'd nodes fails, and how can this be solved ? > > If we are not, what is the recommended way to implement a namespace > with AFR ? > > For reference purposes, the relavent threads are : > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gluster-devel/2008-04/msg00074.html > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gluster-devel/2008-04/msg00078.html Upon further reflection, the namespace is clearly only required if using AFR, therefore i retract the third of the three questions. The first two, however, remain outstanding : are we or are we not supposed to use Unify with the AFR translator, and if so, can the cluster be made to be fault tolerant (i.e. downed node(s)) in this context ? -- Daniel Maher <dma AT witbe.net>
