Gluster users - Jan 2014 - unequal components to type cluster/distribute

There has been discussion in the past about improvement in the way glusterfs
handles unequal components in a distribute, for instance unequal size brick
pairs in a distribute/replicate cluster.  Has this happened and I missed it?
I don't see this listed as a feature in any of the new glusterfs releases
nor in the the proposes improvements in glusterfs 3.6.  Perhaps it occured
under some other name?   When one wants to add space to an old cluster or
replace dead disks the sweet spot in the size of disks usually will have
increased from the size used when the cluster was first built.  I can see that
one would want to have the bricks making up a replicate to be the same size but
for distribute components it is inefficient to have to divide a big new disk
into a numerous small bricks.

Bill Sebok      Computer Software Manager, Univ. of Maryland, Astronomy
	Internet: wls at astro.umd.edu	URL: http://furo.astro.umd.edu/

----- Original Message -----
> There has been discussion in the past about improvement in the way
glusterfs
> handles unequal components in a distribute, for instance unequal size brick
> pairs in a distribute/replicate cluster.  Has this happened and I missed
it?
> I don't see this listed as a feature in any of the new glusterfs
releases
> nor in the the proposes improvements in glusterfs 3.6.  Perhaps it occured
> under some other name?   When one wants to add space to an old cluster or
> replace dead disks the sweet spot in the size of disks usually will have
> increased from the size used when the cluster was first built.  I can see
> that
> one would want to have the bricks making up a replicate to be the same size
> but
> for distribute components it is inefficient to have to divide a big new
disk
> into a numerous small bricks.
This would be an excellent addition to the 3.6 feature list.  I've done some
work in this area before, so I'll write up the feature proposal.  Thanks!