Hello! 2008/12/8 Daniel Maher <dma+gluster at witbe.net>: > Stas Oskin wrote: > >> Based on my limited knowledge of GlusterFS, the most reliable and >> recommended way (in wiki) is client-side AFR, where the clients aware of >> the servers status, and replicate the files accordingly. > > I've reviewed the AFR-related sections of the documentation on the wiki... > http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Translators_v1.3#Automatic_File_Replication_Translator_.28AFR.29 > http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Understanding_AFR_Translator > > Nowhere in those sections is it stated, either directly or implicitly, > that client-side AFR is more reliable than server-side AFR. I'm not > saying that the statement is incorrect, but rather that the > documentation noted above doesn't seem to suggest that this is the case. http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/AFR_(Automatic_File_Replication)_-_Things_to_keep_in_mind_and_gotchas tries to explain some differences between client side and server side replication. The link is hidden well on some pages decribing AFR setups. ;-) Harald St?rzebecher
