[Gluster-users] Where is located the metadata?

[Luca Barbato]

I'm using gluster 2.0rc1 on a 3 node system with replicate and 
distribute translators, I'm having a strange issue when testing it using 
dd, creating new files had a bandwidth of 3Mb/s, issuing a touch and 
then using dd lead to a bandwidth of 30Mb/s. Beside this issue with 
create the performance is quite poor (local node has 90Mb/s)

I changed the configuration one time switching distribute and replicate 
and gluster just accepted it, then I switched back and gluster just 
didn't get it well at all:

2009-02-24 11:06:05 W [fuse-bridge.c:297:need_fresh_lookup] fuse-bridge: 
revalidate of / failed (Structure needs cleaning)
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-layout.c:460:dht_layout_normalize] 
distribute-1: found anomalies in /. holes=1 overlaps=0
2009-02-24 11:06:05 W [dht-common.c:137:dht_lookup_dir_cbk] 
distribute-1: fixing assignment on /
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-selfheal.c:422:dht_selfheal_directory] 
distribute-1: the directory is not a virgin
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-layout.c:460:dht_layout_normalize] 
distribute-2: found anomalies in /. holes=1 overlaps=0
2009-02-24 11:06:05 W [dht-common.c:137:dht_lookup_dir_cbk] 
distribute-2: fixing assignment on /
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-selfheal.c:422:dht_selfheal_directory] 
distribute-2: the directory is not a virgin
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-layout.c:460:dht_layout_normalize] 
distribute-3: found anomalies in /. holes=1 overlaps=0
2009-02-24 11:06:05 W [dht-common.c:137:dht_lookup_dir_cbk] 
distribute-3: fixing assignment on /
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [dht-selfheal.c:422:dht_selfheal_directory] 
distribute-3: the directory is not a virgin
2009-02-24 11:06:05 E [fuse-bridge.c:404:fuse_entry_cbk] glusterfs-fuse: 
3: LOOKUP() / => -1 (Structure needs cleaning)

I already wiped clean the disks, still it complains the same way, I 
couldn't find where the metadata is located so I could cleanup and keep 
experimenting.

So, I overlooked the documentation or it isn't defined?

lu

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Luca Barbato
Gentoo Council Member
Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC
http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero