Hi, I am the next scenario: ############################################################################# SERVER SIDE? (64 bit architecture) ?############################################################################# Two Storage Machines with: HARDWARE DELL PE2900 III Intel Quad Core Xeon E5420 2,5Ghz, 2x6Mb cache, Bus 1333FSB RAM 4 GB FB 667Mhz (2x2Gb) 8 HDD 1 TB, Near Line SAS 3,5" 7,200 Hot plug Rack format 5U Raid PER 6i 256 Mb redundant Power Supply Network Adapter Dual Intel PRO 1000 PCIe x 4 CDRW/DVD SOFTWARE * Suse SLES 10 SP2 x86_64 * Kernel: 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp #1 SMP Tue May 6 12:41:02 UTC 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux * glusterfs -V ************************************************************************** glusterfs -V glusterfs 1.3.12 built on Oct 3 2008 12:09:48 Repository revision: glusterfs--mainline--2.5--patch-797 Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com> GlusterFS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of GlusterFS under the terms of the GNU General Public License. ************************************************************************** * fuse, automake, autoconf, libtool, gcc, flex, bison, byacc, kernel-source, ...INSTALLED * no firewall * cat /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs-server.vol ************************************************************************** # file: /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs-server.vol volume brick type storage/posix option directory /cfs/infi/ end-volume volume server type protocol/server option transport-type tcp/server option auth.ip.brick.allow * subvolumes brick end-volume ?************************************************************************** ?############################################################################# CLIENT SIDE (32 bit architecture) ?############################################################################# Nodes HARDWARE * Dell PowerEdge 850 * RAM 2GB * MicroP. Intel P4 - 3.6 GHz * HDD 80 GB SOFTWARE * Operating System - Debian testing/unstable * Kernel - 2.6.16.20 #5 SMP Tue Jun 20 13:59:51 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux * gluster -V ??************************************************************************** glusterfs 1.3.12 built on Oct 22 2008 19:52:44 Repository revision: glusterfs--mainline--2.5--patch-797 Copyright (c) 2006, 2007, 2008 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com> GlusterFS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of GlusterFS under the terms of the GNU General Public License. ??************************************************************************** * fuse, automake, autoconf, libtool, gcc, flex, bison, byacc, kernel-source, ...INSTALLED * cat /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs-client.vol volume sirius00 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp/client option remote-host 10.3.1.200 option remote-subvolume brick end-volume volume sirius01 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp/client option remote-host 10.3.1.201 option remote-subvolume brick end-volume volume mirror0 type cluster/afr subvolumes sirius00 sirius01 end-volume ??############################################################################# When I navigate throught the file structure all is ok but if I open the file or create a new file the error 'Transport endpoint is not connected' appear and connection to servers fail. -- Martin Gumbau - mgumbau at iciq.es Responsable Informatic dels grups teorics de Quimica Computacional del ICIQ