It really depends on which server was hosting what VM. This is why distribute/replicate is a good idea :) any 1 of the pairs can fail without data loss/outage -----Original Message----- From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Brad Alexander Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:44 AM To: Gluster-users at gluster.org Subject: Simple Distributed Question If I have the following setup how will files be distributed? What happens if I lose one box in this scenario? Server1 - 3 X 146GB Server2 - 3 X 146GB Server3 - 3 X 146GB Server4 - 3 X 146GB Total = 1752 GB I have large VMS that around 600 GB Each. Thanks.