Hi, I realize there is no 'hard' reason to do it a certain way, but my guess is that people are gonna do pretty much what the docs say, at least for there 1st cluster. I really like this approach doing /exports/brick1 as mountpoint, and the subdir as the disk name or llvm2 volume (which then can be diff on each host) host1 /exports/brick1/sda1 host2 /exports/brick1/sdf5 for the same brick then the naming convention tells you immediatly whicj phisical disks or llvm volumes are part of a brick. Thanks, Regards, John Smith On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Anand Avati <anand.avati at gmail.com> wrote: > There is no hard rule/convention. Ideally you would want the brick directory > name to match the volume name, rather than something as isolated as > "brick1". > > For eg, if you have a volume called 'music', the brick name could be > /export/LVM/music and similarly share the same LVM for video with a brick > called /export/LVM/video. > > Avati > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:56 AM, John Smith <lbalbalba at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> > >> > > >
