So if you have a 4 node cluster is it realy needed to have a third replica? Imho the 2 of the nodes could also be used as arbiters? Does it make sense to open a feature request in the bugtracker? Regards André Am 24.03.2016 um 11:02 schrieb Ravishankar N: > On 03/24/2016 02:39 PM, André Bauer wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> we just upgraded out 4 node cluster from 3.5.8 to 3.7.8. >> >> Because of replica 2 on all volumes i run into problems with read only >> file systems of vm images when running on 3.5.x. As i know now the >> solution would be to have replica 3 or at least use arbiter volumes. >> >> Yesterday i stumbled over this post in the list which i missed before >> (damn spam filter): >> >> https://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/2015-November/024191.html >> >> Steve Dainard is pointing out that 3.7.x uses an automatic arbiter, when >> you have 4 nodes configured as distributed/replicated. >> >> Is this true? Could not find something about it in the documentation :-/ > There is no 'automatic' arbiter for replica 2. I think he was referring > to the dummy node peer probed for maintaining server quorum. > -Ravi >> Would be nice i could save on having 2 more nodes this way. >> >> If not, is there a chance to see such feature in the future? >> >> > > > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen André Bauer MAGIX Software GmbH André Bauer Administrator August-Bebel-Straße 48 01219 Dresden GERMANY tel.: 0351 41884875 e-mail: abauer@xxxxxxxxx abauer@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:Email> www.magix.com <http://www.magix.com/> Geschäftsführer | Managing Directors: Dr. Arnd Schröder, Klaus Schmidt Amtsgericht | Commercial Register: Berlin Charlottenburg, HRB 127205 Find us on: <http://www.facebook.com/MAGIX> <http://www.twitter.com/magix_de> <http://www.youtube.com/wwwmagixcom> <http://www.magixmagazin.de> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this email is intended only for the addressee named above. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. MAGIX does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects and accepts no liability for any losses resulting from infected email transmissions. Please note that any views expressed in this email may be those of the originator and do not necessarily represent the agenda of the company. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
