On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 14:11:01 -0800 James Lee <uptownhr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: <snip> > I have been following a guide to setup my first glusterfs setup going. I > wanted to setup a striped glusterfs across 2 or more nodes. So I was able > to get my striped volume setup and started. I have also setup my client to > connect to the volume and the mount has been successful. > > Now the guide that I've followed was for a replication setup. On the client > end, the .vol configuration file contains the replicate method and is > defining both of my nodes. When using this the replicate method, I can see > that the file I add to my client mount will appear in both nodes. However, > if i do not specify the 'replicate' volume, the file only appears on one of > the server. > > Now I'm trying to understand how the 'striped' volume works and how the > clients stripe vs distribute method is different? Only way I was able to > get files to appear on both volumes was using the 'distribute' method. Ahhh, a bunch of this looks like you need better understanding of the GlusterFS foundations. :) Is watching online video an effective learning method for you? If so, Dustin Black's "GlusterFS for SysAdmins" presentation should fill in a lot of gaps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkBndZOcEA0 The slides for it: http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/File:Gluster_for_Sysadmins_Dustin_Black.pdf Possibly also interesting is the "gluster-deploy" wizard written by Paul Cuzner: https://forge.gluster.org/gluster-deploy He did a screencast/talk thing for an early version of it, and it's progressed a bunch since then (has v good rep): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxyPLnlCdhA Does that help? :) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- GlusterFS Project: http://www.gluster.org Justin Clift <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
