Gluster users - Oct 2009 - Tutorial/Howto/more information about how to run Glusterfs

Hi list

I'm new with GlusterFS. I managed to compile and install the current
GlusterFS on two machines. I configured them as "distributed,
replicated volumes" according to the wiki.

glusterfsd is now running on both systems. However, they don't
communicate with each other and the data is not replicated. I'm
looking for a tutorial, or more advanced how-to. If I get Glusterfs
running, I'd like to contribute a tutorial, but I'm missing some basic
information about how GlusterFS works.

As far as I can see, GlusterFS has both a server and client. The
client can be used in conjunction with FUSE to mount a, let's say,
distributed volume that's spread over multiple Gluster servers. That's
all I know or was able to find out.

Hope I'm clear.
Daniel

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, Daniel Meier wrote:
> Hi list
>
> I'm new with GlusterFS. I managed to compile and install the current
> GlusterFS on two machines. I configured them as "distributed,
> replicated volumes" according to the wiki.
>
> glusterfsd is now running on both systems. However, they don't
> communicate with each other and the data is not replicated. I'm
> looking for a tutorial, or more advanced how-to. If I get Glusterfs
> running, I'd like to contribute a tutorial, but I'm missing some
basic
> information about how GlusterFS works.
>
> As far as I can see, GlusterFS has both a server and client. The
> client can be used in conjunction with FUSE to mount a, let's say,
> distributed volume that's spread over multiple Gluster servers.
That's
> all I know or was able to find out.
Is iptables running? Can you post some logs? It sounds like a firewall 
issue.

-Nathan

Hello!

2009/10/26 Daniel Meier <webdeveloper.dan at
gmail.com>:
> Hi list
>
> I'm new with GlusterFS. I managed to compile and install the current
> GlusterFS on two machines. I configured them as "distributed,
> replicated volumes" according to the wiki.
With two servers, I'd use either "replicate" (if I want all files
stored on both nodes) or distribute (if I just want to aggregate disk
space to one big volume) - using both of them together in one volume
does not have any advantage with two servers, IMHO.

http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Storage_Server_Installation_and_Configuration#Configuring_Distributed_Volumes
http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Storage_Server_Installation_and_Configuration#Creating_Replicated_Volumes
> glusterfsd is now running on both systems. However, they don't
> communicate with each other and the data is not replicated. I'm
> looking for a tutorial, or more advanced how-to. If I get Glusterfs
> running, I'd like to contribute a tutorial, but I'm missing some
basic
> information about how GlusterFS works.
http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFS_User_Guide
http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFS_Features

For more details, try the "old" documentation: (that's how it was
done
before glusterfs-volgen was written)
http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFS_2.0.6
http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Automatic_File_Replication_%28Mirror%29_across_Two_Storage_Servers
> As far as I can see, GlusterFS has both a server and client. The
> client can be used in conjunction with FUSE to mount a, let's say,
> distributed volume that's spread over multiple Gluster servers.
That's
> all I know or was able to find out.
If you want to find out more (and have spare time :-) ), I'd suggest
to browse the Wiki and take a look at the mailing list archive.


Harald St?rzebecher
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