Keith Freedman wrote: > http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Understanding_AFR_Translator > > especially read the part about split brain. this is the situation > you'll have. > > also, using find to force auto-healing. > > there do seem to be problems with gluster 1.4pre5 when using AFR in the > face of network interruptions. I've found that with my 2 AFR servers, > if one is down for too long, gluster on the other server will just > die--I presume it gets lonely and can't go on. This is why I try not to > date anyone whose co-dependant. > > I'd wait for the release of 1.4 since I believe this will be resolved. > > In the meantime you can try 1.3.12 which seem to work better, although > not better at the same time. The AFR protocol in 1.4 is more efficient > as is, I believe, it's handling of split brain, but if you want to get > cooking right now, start with 1.3.12 or wait a few weeks. Thanks for the advice. I think I'll wait until 1.4 comes out and have a play then. Mike
