On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:41:08 -0400 (EDT) webmaster at securitywonks.org wrote: > I wish to use glusterfs to do file hosting as redundant and scalable > implementation. > > which method among the following is recommmended? > > I am planning to start with 2 servers for glusterfs based file > hosting and add more servers as my site grows. Hello, I would highly recommend taking a look at the documentation available on the Wiki, especially the user-contributed tutorials, as this will give you an excellent overall picture of the various choices and configurations available. I wrote a tutorial on how to set up a 2-server AFR HA setup which you might find particularly interesting : http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/High-availability_storage_using_server-side_AFR Good luck ! -- Daniel Maher <dma AT witbe DOT net>