On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Brandon Lamb <brandonlamb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Would I be correct in this thinking? > > 2 servers as data nodes, multiple clients doing afr client side. This > is a new setup where server1 has 100 gigs of data and server2 has > empty directory. > > So by doing afr client side, does the client have to read and transfer > data FROM server1, and then copy it to server2? yes. > Would doing server > side afr be faster for this process? Server will still have to replicate so there should not be any difference. > Or does server1 magically know to > send the file directly to server2? Im assuming no, because from my > understanding server1 and server2 dont even know about each other as > its the client doing the afr? your assumption is right > > I guess there are multiple ways to get your initial setup, set up as > well? What would you recommend in a situation like this? Setup server > side afr at first to get the data to server2 then take down the > cluster and set it up as client side afr once all the data is copied? There is no recommended way, up to your convenience. > Or just go with the data having to be copied over the network twice > (if this is how it works) I could not understand this... Regards Krishna > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel >
