[Gluster-devel] Memory leak

[Anand Avati]

> 
> Well, I didn't know I could even do a performance translator on the 
> server (glusterfsd)! All my performance translator tests are with the 
> client spec only.  My server specs only contain storage/posix and
> protocol/server.  Client and server both are running on the same node(s).
> 
> Are performance translators recommended/required for both client and 
> server processes? Can you do the cluster translators on the server-side, 
> too?

The translator interface is such that theoretically you can load a
translator anywhere. the only restriction they have is the number of
child nodes (unify: 1 or more, performance/*: exactly 1,
client/protocol: 0) Till recently, glusterfs was single threaded
across and after we brought io-threads (initially aimed at server-side
usage) the 'liberty' of loading any translator anywhere is slightly
incorrect, but that is only temporary (till the non-threadsafe parts
of the code are made threadsafe). Apart from thread-safety, there are
few small (very minor) glitches (which got intrduced during the phase
where we were optimizaing the system to decreae memory copies) which
made stat-prefetch not loadable on server side. These problems will be
fixed after the 1.3 release is made stable. the decision is to make
the 'expected' usage style of translators work solidly, and then make
'any wierd configuration' work. 

So yes, say by 1.4 release, you will be able to load any translator
anywhere. you can even have cluster/* trnalstors on server side (say
you want to unify two mountpoints of two seperate hardisks or raid
and export the aggregated mountpoint from glusterfsd)

In the long run, though there are 'suggested' ways of using
performance/ or features/ or cluster/ translators, any mix and match
will be possible. That is when, we believe that your creativity will
be the limit and glusterfs will be truly 'programmable' :)

regards,
avati

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