[Gluster-devel] [Gluster-users] Proposal for GlusterD-2.0

[Atin Mukherjee]

On 09/06/2014 05:55 PM, Pranith Kumar Karampuri wrote:
> 
> On 09/05/2014 03:51 PM, Kaushal M wrote:
>> GlusterD performs the following functions as the management daemon for
>> GlusterFS:
>> - Peer membership management
>> - Maintains consistency of configuration data across nodes
>> (distributed configuration store)
>> - Distributed command execution (orchestration)
>> - Service management (manage GlusterFS daemons)
>> - Portmap service for GlusterFS daemons
>>
>>
>> This proposal aims to delegate the above functions to technologies
>> that solve these problems well. We aim to do this in a phased manner.
>> The technology alternatives we would be looking for should have the
>> following properties,
>> - Open source
>> - Vibrant community
>> - Good documentation
>> - Easy to deploy/manage
>>
>> This would allow GlusterD's architecture to be more modular. We also
>> aim to make GlusterD's architecture as transparent and observable as
>> possible. Separating out these functions would allow us to do that.
>>
>> Bulk of current GlusterD code deals with keeping the configuration of
>> the cluster and the volumes in it consistent and available across the
>> nodes. The current algorithm is not scalable  (N^2 in no. of nodes)
>> and doesn't prevent split-brain of configuration. This is the problem
>> area we are targeting for the first phase.
>>
>> As part of the first phase, we aim to delegate the distributed
>> configuration store. We are exploring consul [1] as a replacement for
>> the existing distributed configuration store (sum total of
>> /var/lib/glusterd/* across all nodes). Consul provides distributed
>> configuration store which is consistent and partition tolerant. By
>> moving all Gluster related configuration information into consul we
>> could avoid split-brain situations.
> Did you get a chance to go over the following questions while making the
> decision? If yes could you please share the info.
> What are the consistency guarantees for changing the configuration in
> case of network partitions?
>      specifically when there are 2 nodes and 1 of them is not reachable?
>      consistency guarantees when there are more than 2 nodes?
> What are the consistency guarantees for reading configuration in case of
> network partitions?
Consul documentation claims that it can recover from network partition.
http://www.consul.io/docs/internals/jepsen.html

However having said that we are yet to do this POC.

~Atin
> 
> Pranith
>>
>> All development efforts towards this proposal would happen in parallel
>> to the existing GlusterD code base. The existing code base would be
>> actively maintained until GlusterD-2.0 is production-ready.
>>
>> This is in alignment with the GlusterFS Quattro proposals on making
>> GlusterFS scalable and easy to deploy. This is the first phase ground
>> work towards that goal.
>>
>> Questions and suggestions are welcome.
>>
>> ~kaushal
>>
>> [1] : http://www.consul.io/
>>
>>
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