[Gluster-devel] AFR minimum write suggestion

[Anand Avati]

2008/4/1, Martin Fick <mogulguy at yahoo.com>:
>
> I would like to suggest that the AFR translator have a
> feature added to it allowing one to specify the
> minimum required numbers of subvolumes to which every
> write action must succeed on in order for the
> translator to report a success.
>
> So, for example in the AFR config an option such as :
>
> volume afr
>   type cluster/afr
>   subvolumes one two three
>   option minimum.writes 2
> end-volume
>
> would ensure that at least two of the nodes get every
> write update.


This is a good suggestion. We will include it in our next round of feature
additions.

Thanks!

avati