Based on what I had read, that seemed to be the case. Thanks for the reply. On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Burnash, James <jburnash at knight.com> wrote: > Hi Arthur. > > Short answer - no. It will really screw things up, since the clients > maintain the view of the Filesystem, not the servers. > > More details available on this list. > > James Burnash, Unix Engineering > T. 201-239-2248 > jburnash at knight.com | www.knight.com > > 545 Washington Ave. | Jersey City, NJ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto: > gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Taylor > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:39 AM > To: gluster-users at gluster.org > Subject: Usage Question > > I have a simple question regarding GlusterFS's usage. Let's suppose I'm > exporting a home directory via GlusterFS from a server to a few client > machines. Is it ok if users login into the server to create and edit files? > I'm not interested in using features such as Automated File Replication. > I'm just wondering whether it is safe to manipulate files directly on the > server. > > > DISCLAIMER: > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the > addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this > e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this in error, please immediately notify me and > permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout > thereof. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or > omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. > NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Knight Capital Group may, at > its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications. > http://www.knight.com > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >
