<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Distributed is the default, and replicated distributes as long as there are at least twice the number of bricks as your replication level.<br></div><br>For example...<br><br>gluster volume create gv0 server1:/data/brick1/gv0 server2:/data/brick1/gv0 server3:/data/brick1/gv0<br></div><div>...distributes files across all three servers/bricks.<br></div><div><br>gluster volume create gv0 replica 3 server1:/data/brick1/gv0 server2:/data/brick1/gv0 server3:/data/brick1/gv0<br></div>...creates a volume across the servers/bricks with 3 replicas. As there are only 3 servers/bricks, there is nothing to distribute to.<br><br>gluster volume create gv0 replica 2 server1:/data/brick1/gv0 server2:/data/brick1/gv0 server3:/data/brick1/gv0 server4:/data/brick1/gv0<br></div>...distributes files across server1 & server2, & replicates server1 to server3 & server2 to server4. (This is purely an example though, as this particular config would then be vulnerable to split-brain).<br><br></div>D<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 February 2017 at 06:12, Dave Fan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.fan@shudun.com" target="_blank">dave.fan@shudun.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm new to Gluster so a very basic question. Are all volumes distributed by default? Is there a switch to turn this feature on/off?</div><div><br></div><div>I ask this because in an intro to Gluster I saw "Replicated Volume" and "Distributed Replicated Volume". Is the first type, "Replicated Volume", not distributed?</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div>Dave</div><div><u></u><u></u></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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