[Gluster-devel] GlusterFS 1.3.0-pre2.2: AFR setup

Gerry Reno greno at verizon.net
Sun Mar 4 23:01:30 UTC 2007


Anand Avati wrote:
> Gerry/Krishna,
>   In this specific setup what has been discussed, there is no need for
> any kind of locking. The namespace lock what unify uses is when
> glusterfs takes the responsibility of merging namespaces of multiple
> storage bricks. In this specific situation (for AFR) there is no
> namespace management. Hence even creation and read/write will be
> handled by server VFS. You have to ensure that the primary child of
> AFR is the same for all webservers.
>   
When you say primary child are you meaning the first subvolume entry?
...
subvolumes client1 client2 client3 client4
...

Regards,
Gerry






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