[Gluster-users] one brick vs multiple brick on the same ZFS zpool.

[Gandalf Corvotempesta]

Hardware raid with ZFS should avoided
ZFS needs direct access to disks and with hardware raid you have a
controller in the middle

If you need ZFS, skip the hardware raid and use ZFS raid

Il 6 mar 2017 9:23 PM, "Dung Le" <vic_le at icloud.com> ha scritto:

> Hi,
>
> Since I am new with Gluster, need your advices. I have 2 different Gluster
> configuration:
>
> *Purpose:* Need to create 5 Gluster volumes. I am running the gluster
> version is 3.9.0.
>
> *Config #1: 5 bricks from one zpool*
>
>    - 3 storage nodes.
>    - Using hardware raid to create one array with raid5 (9+1) per storage
>    node
>    - Create a zpool on top of the array per storage node
>    - Create 5 ZFS shares (each share is a brick) per storage node
>    - Create 5 volumes with replica of 3 using 5 different bricks.
>
>
> *Config #2: 1 brick from one zpool*
>
>    - 3 storage nodes.
>    - Using hardware raid to create one array with raid5 (9+1) per storage
>    node
>    - Create a zpool on top of the array per storage node
>    - Create 1 ZFS shares per storage node. Using the share as brick.
>    - Create 5 volumes with replica of 3 with same share.
>
>
> 1) Is there any different on the performance on both config?
> 2) Will the single brick be handling parallel writing vs multiple brick?
> 3) Since I am using hardware raid controller, any option that I need to
> enable or disable for the gluster volume?
>
> Best Regards,
> ~ Vic Le
>
>
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