Hi, Thanks. Is there a preferred naming convention to go along with it ? Doing /exports/brick1/brick 1 seems a bit silly. Also, the /export mountpoint you suggest makes things a little ugly too, as it will results in /etxport1, /export2, etc. Any ideas >? Thanks, John Smith. On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Anand Avati <anand.avati at gmail.com> wrote: > The quick start guide needs to be updated. The brick directory should > ideally be a sub-directory of a mount point (and not a mount point directory > itself) for ease of administration. We recently added code to warn about > this (and looks like the code check exposed a documentation bug which you > just shared!) > > Avati > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:22 AM, John Smith <lbalbalba at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> Im trying to follow this guide to set up a simple cluster: >> http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/QuickStart >> >> But when I issue this command : >> gluster volume create glustervol01 replica 2 >> 192.168.126.128:/export/brick1 192.168.126.129:/export/brick1 >> >> I get the following eror: >> volume create: glustervol01: failed: The brick >> 192.168.126.129:/export/brick1 is a mount point. Please create a >> sub-directory under the mount point and use that as the brick >> directory. Or use 'force' at the end of the command if you want to >> override this behavior. >> >> Am I doing something wrong ? The guide tells you to 'mkdir -p >> /export/brick1', and add '/dev/glusterfsvol/glusterfslv1 >> /export/brick1 xfs defaults 1 2' to /etc/fstab. So yeah, >> /exports/brick is a mount point. You just created it. I dont get it... >> >> >> >> - John Smith >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > >