Thanks Vikas, I think I have enough information now to set up a proof of concept. Perhaps this (ucarp install by user) is something to be mentioned on the website? Even better would be integration into Gluster Platform ;-) Best regards, Koen 2010/7/14 Shehjar Tikoo <shehjart at gluster.com>: > Layer7 Consultancy wrote: >> >> Hello Vikas, >> >> How do the NFS clients react to such a failover? Will the I/O just >> temporarily stall and then proceed once connectivity is resumed or >> will running transactions be aborted? >> > > There may be some delay as the IP migrates but overall, the NFS client's > retransmission behaviour will be able continue the transactions with no > interruptions. > >> Best regards, >> Koen >> >> 2010/7/13 Vikas Gorur <vikas at gluster.com>: >> ?Your understanding is correct. Whether using the native NFS >> translator or re-export through unfsd, NFS clients only connect to the >> management IP. If you want failover for the NFS server, you'd setup a >> virtual IP using ucarp (http://www.ucarp.org) and the clients would >> only use this virtual IP. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Vikas Gorur >>> Engineer - Gluster, Inc. >>> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
