You already mentioned that regular arbiter works fine for you . What are the considerations to switch from regular to thin arbiter ? I think that thin arbiter is suitable for environments where a third node is not possible locally and is a compromise in order to avoid 'replica 2' volumes. Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov В петък, 18 декември 2020 г., 23:54:59 Гринуич+2, WK <wkmail@xxxxxxxxx> написа: OK, so it seems 8.x is the way to go So what about Thin Arbiter? Is anyone one using it in production? -wk On 12/18/2020 12:59 AM, Olaf Buitelaar wrote: > > It is in their release notes; https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/release-notes/7.9/ > > > > Ok, we've usually good experiences with inplace update's. But taking the safe route is always a good idea! > > > > > Op do 17 dec. 2020 om 19:49 schreef WK <wkmail@xxxxxxxxx>: > > >> >> On 12/17/2020 10:13 AM, Olaf Buitelaar wrote: >>> Hi WK, >>> >>> i believe gluster 7 just received it's >>> latest maintenance patch @version 7.9. so that's a dead end from there on. >>> >> Hmm, ok, the website should reflect that then. >> >> >>> I'm not sure if you can skip a whole version going straight to 8. >> >> well it would be a forklift upgrade. >> >> We build up new boxes and migrate over the data. >> >> The one area we have been burned before on Gluster is doing in place >> upgrades. Since we don't have all our eggs in one basket we can migrate >> one cluster at a time that way. >> >> >> > > ________ Community Meeting Calendar: Schedule - Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC Bridge: https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users ________ Community Meeting Calendar: Schedule - Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at 14:30 IST / 09:00 UTC Bridge: https://meet.google.com/cpu-eiue-hvk Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users