All,
I have no real life experience with glusterfs but have been following the list for a while now because we might start using glusterfs for a project, that might grow (or not). We estimate starting with an available storage of around 32TB so not huge at all, but we would like to have an initial setup that can grow, instead of needing architectural changes after two months if successful.
We want a setup with a minimum investment at the start but easily
expandable when the project is successful.
Two of the things we consider is:
- Is it a good idea to start with 3 servers which we use for
glusterfs AND the services we want to run (web, mail). Most
setups I see have dedicated machines for storage and other for
the services, but not sure whether that is considered as a must
or not.
- What do you think about virtualised glusterfs setups? Say two fysical machines with per machine two storage nodes to start off with the software architecture ready for extension.
Extra question: what about the need for arbiters? Glusterfs shows
mainly setups with two servers...
Thank you very much for you input!
Stijn
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