[Gluster-users] Clustering Samba with GlusterFS with Backend

[Anand Avati]

> Understand that Samba's Share Lock and Byte Range Lock is very depend on the
> inode on disk, so I need to make sure the inode number across the cluster
> disk must be same.
> Senario 1, I use AFR translator, I use stat command to check the inode
> number of a file, it show me a different number of inode on different
> client. Senario 2, I use distribute, result is same with different inode
> number.
>
> Only workable translator is Unify which the device id and inode number is
> same on client 1, client 2, client .....
> So the only workable Translator is Unify, but also understand that Unify
> have some performace issue, will Distribute translator replace Unify? Or is
> that any method to have consistent device id and inode across cluster disk?

Recent versions of Distribute return the same inode number
consistently on all clients. Please upgrade.

> Another question is how can I get Posix ACL support with GlusterFS?

Currently Posix ACL is not supported

Avati