Hello Chad, Am 23.02.2010 15:28, schrieb Chad: > Please forgive my ignorance, but I am not sure I understand about the > client vs server side replication. > > Could someone throw out a quick paragraph describing the 2 and/or a > pro/con list? > If I do client side replication, how to I access the files on the servers? > Am I relying on the clients to sync the data between the servers? You mount the glusterfs volume on the server the same way as you would on the client side. So the servers are also clients. The sync is done by the client-mount (could be on the servers also...) I am not able to give you a pro/con list, but to my experience it is better to have client-side replication... > There are times when no clients are up and the servers are "doing > things" to the file system. as said, just mount it as you would do on the clients, here a simple config: put server-vol on every server (change ip addr!), use client-vol to mount on client and server... server-vol: volume posix-export type storage/posix option directory /export end-volume volume locks-export type features/locks subvolumes posix-export end-volume volume export type performance/io-threads option thread-count 8 subvolumes locks-export end-volume volume server type protocol/server option transport-type tcp option auth.login.export.allow export option auth.login.export.password ############## option transport.socket.bind-address 10.0.0.x subvolumes export end-volume client-vol: volume remote1 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp option remote-host node1 option remote-subvolume export option username export option password ############## end-volume volume remote2 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp option remote-host node2 option remote-subvolume export option username export option password ############## end-volume volume mirror0 type cluster/afr subvolumes remote1 remote2 end-volume volume wb type performance/write-behind option cache-size 1MB subvolumes mirror0 end-volume volume ioc type performance/io-cache option cache-size 32MB subvolumes wb end-volume volume iothreads type performance/io-threads option thread-count 16 subvolumes ioc end-volume -- Mit freundlichen Gr??en, Florian Wiessner Smart Weblications GmbH Martinsberger Str. 1 D-95119 Naila fon.: +49 9282 9638 200 fax.: +49 9282 9638 205 24/7: +49 900 144 000 00 - 0,99 EUR/Min* http://www.smart-weblications.de -- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Naila Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Florian Wiessner HRB-Nr.: HRB 3840 Amtsgericht Hof *aus dem dt. Festnetz, ggf. abweichende Preise aus dem Mobilfunknetz
