On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 18:56 -0400, Michael Brown wrote: > OK, if you want to be cool, use an IPv6 multicast group :) Hmmm... I'm embarrassed to say I haven't done enough IPv6 to know about this sort of cool trick. Does this really work? Maybe you have more info? James > > > M. > -- > Michael Brown | `One of the main causes of the fall of > Systems Consultant | the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, > Net Direct Inc. | they had no way to indicate successful > ?: +1 519 883 1172 x5106 | termination of their C programs.' - Firth > > > From: James > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 18:54 PM > To: mozes at ksu.edu > Reply To: James > Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org > Subject: Re: Newbee Question: GlusterFS on Compute > Cluster? > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20130510/84b763b2/attachment.sig>
