Ian Rogers wrote: > > Hi Jeti, > > Could you use LVM or mdadm on the server to create one filesystem on > the four disks and then export that? i dont have much expirience on LVM, but already used mdadm (a bit) either way, one thing i like about gluster is that it doesnt introduce a new filesystem OR handling of the filesystem underneath gluster its not that i dont want to learn something new, but when it comes to safety of my data i appreciate tools that i already know and in case of some failure i understand whats happening and the problems that can further arise from such a failure as a worst case i think i will export the disks via unix domain sockets, mount this directory and reexport again using a second server vol file at least it should work > > This won't fulfil your requirement of having whole files on one disk, > but does fulfil the other two (1 brink, add more disks later). Are you > intending to remove disks to transport files or something? > well, would be an interesting option, but not necessary i think ^^ but as stated above standard tools are easier and fail safer to use for me (currently) > Ian thx & regards
