[Gluster-devel] Confused on AFR, where does it happen client or server

[Brandon Lamb]

On Jan 7, 2008 9:11 PM, Anand Avati <avati at zresearch.com> wrote:
> Here is a very nice tutorial from Paul England which gives a usage case for
> server side replication and high availability -
>
>
> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_High_Availability_Storage_with_GlusterFS
>
> The configuration in the article can be further simplified by removing the
> unify layer and having only AFR and will work for most users. unify will be
> needed in this setup only if you want to extend this config with something
> more advanced.
>
> avati
>
> 2008/1/8, matthew zeier <mrz at mozilla.com>:
> >
> >
> >
> > >> I imagine the server config would look like:
> > >>
> > >> volume local-brick
> > >>  type storage/posix
> > >>  option directory /mnt/local-brick
> > >> end-volume
> > >>
> > >> volume remote-brick
> > >>  type protocol/client
> > >>  option transport-type tcp/client
> > >>  option remote-host 10.2.10.100
> > >>  option remote-subvolume other-local-brick
> > >> end-volume
> > >>
> > >> volume afr1
> > >>  type cluster/aft
> > >>  subvolumes local-brick remote-brick
> > >> end-volume
> > >>
> > >> That's all a guess though.
> > >
> > > But then would all your clients all only connect to 1 server? kinda
> > > seems like so i guess unless there is some round robin something or
> > > other?
> >
> >
> > I dunno - the client could use unify and mount both servers' afr1.
> >
> > I'm sure someone with more clue can say for sure :)
> >
> >
> >
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Oh very cool, I actually even read that an hour ago or so but must
have closed the tab, off to try this out thanks!