Gluster users - May 2011 - single storage server

I have  a single storage server which exports /data to  number of clients.

Is it ok to access the data on the storage server directly (ie not via glusterfs
mount) ?

(I know this causes problems when there are multiple servers ).

This would simplify some configurations.

Nick

Related question:
is FUSE client smart enough to access storage directly, not via
network if it is running on brick?

Nick,


> I have  a single storage server which exports /data to  number of clients.
>
> Is it ok to access the data on the storage server directly (ie not via
> glusterfs mount) ?
>
> (I know this causes problems when there are multiple servers ).
>

Are you doing just read()/access()/stat()  like operations? Then it should
be fine. If you are not using any new features (like quota/geo-replication
etc etc) then technically, you can modify (but surely not rename(2) and
link(2)) the data inside. But we haven't tested this for ages now, and we
don't recommend it for production use.

Regards,
Amar
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