On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Vikas Gorur <vikas at gluster.com> wrote: >> The goal is to use gluster as a cache for files used by render >> applications. All files in gluster could be re-generated or retrieved >> from the upstream file server. > > How do you plan to keep the gluster cache and the upstream fileserver in sync? > It will be the responsibility of the application. Almost all the files are write-once, ie once they are generated they never get modified. The digital asset management system stamps all published files with version numbers.. thanks, -Barry