[Gluster-devel] Some gluster questions

[Anand Avati]

> Thanks for the quick response and it works just as expected..
>
> Just another question - if I mount now all the volumes localy this way
> skipping the glusterfsd can I also start glusterfsd and export the volume
> to
> be mounted on remote clients?
> Basically - can the the bricks and namespace be mounted/reused by more
> than
> one 'glusterfs(d)' instance or it will conflict and thrash the the
> filesystem if clients acess files different ways?


you should not have multiple glusterfsds working on the same export
directory. But, within a single glusterfs process, the volume (directory)
can be used in multiple ways - to be exported by a server, and mounted
locally - at the same time.

avati