[Gluster-users] replication problems

[Adrian Moisey]

>> Yes, I have 2 servers and 2 clients.
>>
>> I have 1 client connecting to both servers and another client connecting 
>> to both servers.
>> Both clients configs are exactly the same
>>
>> If server1 goes down, client1 breaks (as per my mail below), client1 
>> doesn't just continue working on server2.
> 
> Have you tried playing with the transport-timeout option in the client 
> section ?  Try setting this to something low, like 5 seconds, just to see.
> 
> http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Translators_options#protocol.2Fclient

I tried that, still broke.

I think I've fixed it though...

When I stop the brick, I use init:
/etc/init.d/glusterfs-server stop

I tried killing the process myself (by killing the PID) and my mount is 
still fine :)

My guess is the init script doesn't stop only the daemon.

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