>> server_1 <-> server_2 <-> server_3 >> | | | >> ^ ^ ^ >> /watch_me /watch_me /watch_me >> >> so no mounts, a process changes something in this local /watch_me on >> server_1 >> server_1 propagates(obviously working through the logic) the change to >> other servers and vice versa >> >> is it possible to, maybe by introducing client part of config into >> glusterfsd.vol, >> to have it like this? without having a client have to mount/configure >> replication? This is easy to do. Have a directory named /backend on all three servers. Run a GlusterFS server there which simply exports this backend directory. Write a client volume file which has replication in it and has these three servers as its children. Using this client volume file, mount on /watch_me on all three servers. Now when a process writes to /watch_me on any server, the changes are propagated to all the three servers. To understand how to write volume files, you can try this command and take a look at the files it generates. This will generate files for a 2-server replicate setup, but you can easily extend it to three servers. $ glusterfs-volgen --raid=1 --name=testvolume server_1:/backend server_2:/backend (you can give an IP address instead of a name like server_1). ------------------------------ Vikas Gorur Engineer - Gluster, Inc. +1 (408) 770 1894 ------------------------------
