Gluster users - Oct 2011 - Gluster object-storage additional proxy

Hi everyone,

  I've been testing the gluster object-storage and so far I'm pleased 
with it, good job!
  However, I've been trying to setup an extra swift proxy to offload 
some of the CPU usage I've been experiencing in our tests and I can't 
really find a way to do so.
  What's the correct way to proceed, with gluster's object-storage? 
Anyone else has done it?

  Following Swift's documentation I get stuck at copying the ring files 
(do they exist in gluster's object-storage?). Then I've thought I could 
simply setup gluster object-storage in a proxy machine and somehow 
redirect the requests from the proxy to the storage machine, but I'm 
failing miserably that way as well.

  Thanks in advance,
Daniel

Hi Daniel,

 However, I've been trying to setup an extra swift proxy to offload some
of
> the CPU usage I've been experiencing in our tests and I can't
really find a
> way to do so.
>  What's the correct way to proceed, with gluster's object-storage?
Anyone
> else has done it?
>
To increase the proxy server count, edit the file
"/etc/gluster-object/proxy-server.conf and add the line

    workers = <count>

>  Following Swift's documentation I get stuck at copying the ring files
(do
> they exist in gluster's object-storage?). Then I've thought I could
simply
> setup gluster object-storage in a proxy machine and somehow redirect the
> requests from the proxy to the storage machine, but I'm failing
miserably
> that way as well.
>
For using gluster object-storage, there is no need to generate the ring
files. Please follow the gluster object-storage documentation to setup the
machines.

Thanks,
Junaid
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