Hi, A file can't "ls " ,but can "less ". I think this action is a little weird. If this action can not be supported, an error may be more friendly. Baggio 2008/7/4 Anand Avati <avati at zresearch.com>: > this case is considered equal to 'altering the backend without the mount > point'. currently it is an unsupported 'action'. > > avati > > > On 03/07/2008, Arnulf Heimsbakk <arnulf.heimsbakk at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I find GlusterFS as a refreshing alternative to traditional cluster >> file systems. I have currently experimented with unify and AFR. When >> experimenting with AFR with two bricks I found a strange behaviour. It >> seems that the directory is only read from the first brick. >> >> I created two bricks and run client side AFR. In the client config the >> bricks is represented as follows: >> >> subvolumes brick1 brick2 >> >> Then I simulated a crash with loss of files. >> >> 1. AFR is up >> 2. touch file f1 >> 3. brick1 crashes >> 4. ls on mount point, f1 exists and everything is normal (ls read from >> brick2) >> 5. file system repair removes f1 from brick1 >> 6. gclusterfsd start on brick1 >> 7. ls on mount point does not show f1 anymore (ls read only from brick1?) >> 8. cat f1 on mount point replicates file and it becomes visible >> >> I have replicated this error a numerous times. Every time i have >> removed user_xattr from the exported directories. >> >> GlusterFS version 1.3.8 >> XFS backend filesystem >> Debian Etch i686 >> >> Is there a fix for this behaviour or is there a configuration solution >> which eliminates this problem? >> Or is this problem considered to be a split brain case? >> Does this affect AFRd namespaces (i did not test that)? >> >> Arnulf Heimsbakk >> Sysadmin @ Norwegian Meteorological Institute >> >> -- >> "When all else fails, read the instructions." ~ L. Iasellio >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://zresearch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> > > > > -- > If I traveled to the end of the rainbow > As Dame Fortune did intend, > Murphy would be there to tell me > The pot's at the other end. > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://zresearch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://zresearch.com/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20080704/5922f25f/attachment.htm
