> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 07:38:18AM +0000, Stefan Schloesser wrote: > > > To switch IP for what? glusterfs in replicated mode, using the > > > native > > > (FUSE) client, doesn't need this. The client talks to both > > > backends, and if either backend fails, it continues to work. > > [>] > > I am slightly confused here, I don't have a client (at least in the > > sense of a different machine), it's only 2 servers with each running > > an apache which uses the Filesystem (simply mounted). > > You mean Apache is reading the glusterfs bricks locally? That's wrong; any > writes would screw up replication. You should mount the glusterfs volume > via a FUSE mount, and have Apache access files through that mountpoint. > That's what I mean by a "client". The fact it happens to be on the same > server as where one of the glusterfs storage bricks runs is irrelevant. > I am mounting it via mount -t glusterfs -o log-level=WARNING,log-file=/var/log/gluster.log cluster-1:/shared /shared and sure, the apache will write to it .. I hope that's ok? Stefan
