[Gluster-users] mixing gluster versions / old version availability

[Kaushal M]

Technically, (IIRC) a client of any GlusterFS 3.x version should be able to
communicate with any GlusterFS 3.x servers, and provide basic operation.
There would be inconsistencies between different major versions, but
nothing too big.
Most of GlusterFS's logic is client side. Any bug fixes done in newer
versions of GlusterFS will not be available when using older clients. So it
is recommended to run the latest GlusterFS version on the clients.


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Kingsley <gluster at gluster.dogwind.com>
wrote:

> Cool, thanks, that's handy info.
>
> What's the situation with mixing versions between client and server? For
> example I've just noticed that we're using glusterfs 3.4.0.59rhs on some
> clients (came with CentOS7) to talk to servers running 3.6.2. Is that
> considered OK, or would it be better to upgrade the clients to the one
> from the gluster repo?
>
> Cheers,
> Kingsley.
>
> On Tue, 2015-02-10 at 15:55 +0530, Kaushal M wrote:
> > Sticking with the same version would be the best option. But you could
> > use any 3.6.x release. We do not implement any breaking changes
> > between minor versions.
> >
> >
> > ~kaushal
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Kingsley
> > <gluster at gluster.dogwind.com> wrote:
> >         Thinking ahead ... will old versions always be available on
> >         the repo?
> >
> >         I have a 3.6.2 cluster with 4 servers, one brick per server.
> >         If at some
> >         point in the future one brick should fail and I need to build
> >         a new
> >         brick from scratch, would I have to put 3.6.2 back on, or
> >         would it be OK
> >         to put on the latest 3.6.x, or even the latest 3.x?
> >
> >         Sticking to the same version feels the safest as long as I can
> >         still get
> >         the software.
> >
> >         Cheers,
> >         Kingsley.
> >
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