On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Adam Tygart <mozes at k-state.edu> wrote: > Randy, > > On my compute cluster we use round-robin dns (for HA of the volume > definition) and mount the GlusterFS volume via the FUSE (native) client. All > of the I/O would go directly to the nodes, rather than through an > intermediary (NFS) server. I've mentioned this once before, but in my opinion, using something like vrrp (eg: keepalived) is better than using rr-dns. Also it's cooler. James > > -- > Adam Tygart > Beocat Sysadmin > www.beocat.cis.ksu.edu > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Bradley, Randy <Randy.Bradley at ars.usda.gov> > wrote: >> >> >> I've got a 24 node compute cluster. Each node has one extra terabyte >> drive. It seemed reasonable to install Gluster on each of the compute nodes >> and the head node. I created a volume from the head node: >> >> gluster volume create gv1 rep 2 transport tcp compute000:/export/brick1 >> compute001:/export/brick1 compute002:/export/brick1 >> compute003:/export/brick1 compute004:/export/brick1 >> compute005:/export/brick1 compute006:/export/brick1 >> compute007:/export/brick1 compute008:/export/brick1 >> compute009:/export/brick1 compute010:/export/brick1 >> compute011:/export/brick1 compute012:/export/brick1 >> compute013:/export/brick1 compute014:/export/brick1 >> compute015:/export/brick1 compute016:/export/brick1 >> compute017:/export/brick1 compute018:/export/brick1 >> compute019:/export/brick1 compute020:/export/brick1 >> compute021:/export/brick1 compute022:/export/brick1 >> compute023:/export/brick1 >> >> And then I mounted the volume on the head node. So far, so good. Apx. 10 >> TB available. >> >> Now I would like each compute node to be able to access files on this >> volume. Would this be done by NFS mount from the head node to the compute >> nodes or is there a better way? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Randy >> >> >> >> >> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely >> for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message >> or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law >> and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you >> have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the >> email immediately. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
