Hi, I am in the process of installing a new system, so I have been constantly reading documents, looking for alternatives for two days, but still could not come up with the best idea yet. I guess Gluster is the best choice for me, however I am still not sure about certain things. I guess, I should tell our case to better express myself. We have 5 servers that are related with this case. Web + Static File Server 1 + Static File Server 2 + File Processing Server 1 + File Processing Server 2 Web Server gets a file from user and copies it to Static File Servers for further processing. File Processing Servers get the files, process and generate some files and copies them to the Static File Servers again. Static File Servers will have a webserver on top of them and they will be accessed from storage1.domain.com storage2.domain.com. (so they will be mirrored in short) The files should be available in the static file servers as soon as the files copied in one of them. (so it should be synchronously) We will be using round robin method on them later. In this case, if storage1 goes down, storage2 should be operative (or vice verse), file processing servers should work with storage2 and as soon as the storage1 comes back, it should synchronize its files and be working again. (so it should heal itself) Which AFR method is the best suitable for this case, Server Side or Client Side? (or is gluster suitable at all?) Do I have to use the storage servers as client too? Is it possible to use their hard disk directly, instead of using glusterfs on the storage servers? So it may remove its overhead. I guess it's not possible, because the servers need to check each other when the file accessed. Is it possible to configure it to heal itself automatically somehow? This system will be read heavy, but it will also have millions of files between 20kb-100mb (%95 of the requests for reading) What would you suggest me for me? What is the best way for this case? If you have any additional info please let me know, as I am still in process of learning gluster etc. Thanks in advance,