On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 06:25:54AM -0400, Rajesh Joseph wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Niels de Vos" <ndevos@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Rajesh Joseph" <rjoseph@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "Gluster Devel" <gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 12:40:14 AM > > Subject: Re: metdata-volume for gluster > > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 06:26:23AM -0400, Rajesh Joseph wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > In gluster 3.7 multiple features (Snapshot scheduler, NFS Ganesha, > > > Geo-rep) are planning to use additional volume to store metadata > > > related to these features. This volume needs to be manually created > > > and explicitly managed by an admin. > > > > > > I think creating and managing these many metadata volume would be an > > > overhead for an admin. Instead of that I am proposing to have a single > > > unified metata-volume which can be used by all these features. > > > > That sounds like a great idea! > > > > > For simplicity and easier management we are proposing to have a > > > pre-defined volume name. > > > > Who is the "we" you speak about? It would be nice to know who gave their > > opinions before you wrote this email. (I assume they would not respond > > to this email because they have agreed already?) > > We means Snapshot team and RHSC team, which needs this for better synchronization. > Apart from this we had discussion with Geo-rep team and NFS team. > > > > > > If needed this name can be configured using a global gluster option. > > > > I would say that configuring is not needed, and surely not advised. A > > name that is easy to recognise would be good, like prepending with a _. > > Personally I also prefer to keep it fixed and not configurable. Which will > reduce lot of communication and synchronization issues. > > As you suggested we can have the volume name start with "_". Vijay also > had a similar suggestion. > > > > > > Please let me know if you have any suggestions or comments. > > > > What would be the (default) name of this volume that you are thinking > > about? > > We have not finalized the name yet, may be something like _gf_meta_volume_. Okay, sounds good to me. But please dont add a trailing _ or "volume" in the name :-) Thanks, Niels _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
