[Gluster-users] simple AFR setup, one server crashes, entire cluster becomes unusable ?

[Harald Stürzebecher]

Hello!

2008/12/8 Daniel Maher <dma+gluster at witbe.net>:
> Stas Oskin wrote:
>
>> Based on my limited knowledge of GlusterFS, the most reliable and
>> recommended way (in wiki) is client-side AFR, where the clients aware of
>> the servers status, and replicate the files accordingly.
>
> I've reviewed the AFR-related sections of the documentation on the wiki...
> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Translators_v1.3#Automatic_File_Replication_Translator_.28AFR.29
> http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Understanding_AFR_Translator
>
> Nowhere in those sections is it stated, either directly or implicitly,
> that client-side AFR is more reliable than server-side AFR.  I'm not
> saying that the statement is incorrect, but rather that the
> documentation noted above doesn't seem to suggest that this is the case.

http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/AFR_(Automatic_File_Replication)_-_Things_to_keep_in_mind_and_gotchas
tries to explain some differences between client side and server side
replication.

The link is hidden well on some pages decribing AFR setups. ;-)

Harald Stürzebecher