Gluster users - Jul 2013 - Best configuration for odd number of different sized bricks

Hi,

I just got into Gluster and so far what I have seen is impressive. Now I have
some space I really would like to incorporate into a Gluster volume.

There are 5 Servers containing storage in the range from several 100 GB to a few
TB each. From what I've read there are several modes to create redundant
storage.

Is there a possibility to aggregate the storage into a singe volume with
fault-tolerance(e.g. n replicas) without having the need to always add n new
servers each time I want to add more storage to the volume?

$> Maik

Maik,

You can use the "add-brick" command to add additional bricks to a
single volume.  Setting up the volume as replica 2 will give you fault
tolerance.  You will not need to add additional servers per se, but it will be
required that you add at least two bricks at a time for this setup.

Thanks,

Eco

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maik Kulbe" <info at linux-web-development.de>
To: gluster-users at gluster.org
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 5:15:56 AM
Subject: [Gluster-users] Best configuration for odd number of different	sized
bricks

Hi,

I just got into Gluster and so far what I have seen is impressive. Now I have
some space I really would like to incorporate into a Gluster volume.

There are 5 Servers containing storage in the range from several 100 GB to a few
TB each. From what I've read there are several modes to create redundant
storage.

Is there a possibility to aggregate the storage into a singe volume with
fault-tolerance(e.g. n replicas) without having the need to always add n new
servers each time I want to add more storage to the volume?

$> Maik
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