----- Original Message ----- > From: "Atin Mukherjee" <amukherj@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Cong Yue" <Cong_Yue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "dlam >> Dan Lambright" <dlambrig@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 9:50:19 AM > Subject: Re: GlusterFS and iScsi target export > > CCing Dan as he has more insights on this. Jon Heese's suggestion made sense to me (use the skip parameter): dd if=/dev/zero of=disk3 count=1 bs=1 skip=50G > > ~Atin > > On 04/14/2015 02:52 AM, Yue, Cong wrote: > > I am using GlusterFS to make my storage between several servers can be > > replicated with fault tolerance. And I am doing the similar way as > > > > http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFS_iSCSI > > > > It works well, but in the process of > > dd if=/dev/zero of=disk3 bs=2G count=25 > > > > it needs long time as for my storage volume is around 1TB. I have one > > question about whether there is some way to make gluster volume can be > > exported as an iScsi target without creating disk files? > > For iscsi, it support both disk file and logical unit like /dev/sdb1, but > > it seems it could not support normal folder like the mount folder from > > glusterFS. > > > > Can anybody kindly advise? > > > > Thanks, > > Cong > > > > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > > all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient, > > please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, > > review and disclosure by the sender's e-mail System Administrator. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > -- > ~Atin > _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
