Venky Shankar
2013-May-21  13:47 UTC
[Gluster-users] Replication issue. Synchronous / Async..
H i, Asynchronous replication in GlusterFS is Geo-replication, which is replicating data between two GlusterFS clusters. You cannot create a asynchronous replicated volume. Basically, you create two volumes in different geographies and then setup "asynchronous replication" b/w the two. The volumes itself could be pure distribute, pure replicate or distributed-replicate. Thanks, -venky On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Bobby Jacob <bobby.jacob at alshaya.com>wrote:> Hi All,**** > > ** ** > > I?m currently testing GFS on a geographically distributed environment. *** > * > > ** ** > > *Our scenario:* > > We have 2 Datacenters: Kuwait/Dubai. I have build test > servers in both the locations. My glusterFS volume looks like this:**** > > Volume Name: cloudgfs**** > > Type: Replicate**** > > Volume ID: 3e002989-6c9f-4f83-9bd5-c8a3442d8721**** > > Status: Started**** > > Number of Bricks: 1 x 4 = 4**** > > Transport-type: tcp**** > > Bricks:**** > > Brick1: KWTTESTGSNODE001:/mnt/cloudbrick**** > > Brick2: KWTTESTGSNODE002:/mnt/cloudbrick**** > > Brick3: DXBTESTGSNODE001:/mnt/cloudbrick**** > > Brick4: DXBTESTGSNODE002:/mnt/cloudbrick**** > > ** ** > > As you see it?s a basic replicated volume. This volume is mounted on 2 > applications servers: 1in Kuwait/1 in Dubai. This volume will act as a > cloud based file share for users. **** > > The replication is synchronous. Any idea how we can make the replication > asynchronous. Any feedback on how we can make the setup more rigid.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Thanks & Regards,**** > > *Bobby Jacob* > > P *SAVE TREES**. *Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need > to.**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20130521/e0a7f9c9/attachment.html>
Bobby Jacob
2013-May-21  13:51 UTC
[Gluster-users] Replication issue. Synchronous / Async..
Hi,
 
So in my case:
I have to setup a GlusterFS volume in Kuwait and a separate one in Dubai ??
Is it possible to have a 2-way asynchronous replication between the 2
volumes as I would want the files from both volumes to be replicated to each
other. Not 1-way.
 
Thanks & Regards,
Bobby Jacob
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From: Venky Shankar [mailto:yknev.shankar at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:48 PM
To: Bobby Jacob
Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org
Subject: Re: [Gluster-users] Replication issue. Synchronous / Async..
 
H
i,
 
Asynchronous replication in GlusterFS is Geo-replication, which is
replicating data between two GlusterFS clusters. You cannot create a
asynchronous replicated volume. 
 
Basically, you create two volumes in different geographies and then setup
"asynchronous replication" b/w the two. The volumes itself could be
pure
distribute, pure replicate or distributed-replicate.
 
Thanks,
-venky
 
 
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Bobby Jacob <bobby.jacob at alshaya.com>
wrote:
Hi All,
 
I'm currently testing GFS on a geographically distributed environment. 
 
Our scenario:
                We have 2 Datacenters: Kuwait/Dubai. I have build test
servers in both the locations. My glusterFS volume looks like this:
                                Volume Name: cloudgfs
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: 3e002989-6c9f-4f83-9bd5-c8a3442d8721
Status: Started
Number of Bricks: 1 x 4 = 4
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: KWTTESTGSNODE001:/mnt/cloudbrick
Brick2: KWTTESTGSNODE002:/mnt/cloudbrick
Brick3: DXBTESTGSNODE001:/mnt/cloudbrick
Brick4: DXBTESTGSNODE002:/mnt/cloudbrick
 
As you see it's a basic replicated volume. This volume is mounted on 2
applications servers: 1in Kuwait/1 in Dubai. This volume will act as a cloud
based file share for users. 
The replication is synchronous. Any idea how we can make the replication
asynchronous. Any feedback on how we can make the setup more rigid.
 
 
Thanks & Regards,
Bobby Jacob
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