[Gluster-users] How to use gluster for WAN/Data Center replication

[Mohit Anchlia]

Does anyone know how soon WAN functionality will be available?

2011/3/10 Harald Stürzebecher <haralds at cs.tu-berlin.de>:
> 2011/3/10 Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia at gmail.com>:
>> How to setup gluster for WAN/Data Center replication? Are there others
>> using it this way?
>
> AFAIK, GlusterFS performance depends mostly on network latency ->
> Ethernet vs. Infiniband
> The high latency of a WAN connection will make every (uncached) file
> or metadata access very slow, compared to a local network.
>
>> Also, how to make the writes asynchronuous for data center replication?
>>
>> We have a requirement to replicate data to other data center as well.
>
> If you want to DIY:
>
> http://fak3r.com/geek/howto-build-your-own-open-source-dropbox-clone/
> http://code.google.com/p/lsyncd/
>
> might be an option...
>
> Disclaimer: I have not tried a setup like that yet, I don't know if it
> would work with two GlusterFS-mountpoints.
>
>
> regards,
>
> Harald Stürzebecher
>