On 10/08/2010 07:03 PM, Christopher J Bidwell wrote: > Can gluster be used as a WAN-based distributed filesystem? I've got four > servers spread around the country to provide geographic redundancy and am > looking for a good system that I can maintain continuity between the > servers. Replication, etc. Currently using rsync which is just terrible > and has a high overhead as I've got large directories that need continuous > updates. Unless you've got gigabit ethernet between your POPs (somehow), i wouldn't recommend it. Afaik Gluster is designed for high-bandwidth / low-latency environments, such as LANs and storage networks - not for WANs. People have tried though, of course ; search the archives for more information. -- Daniel Maher <dma+gluster AT witbe DOT net>
