[Gluster-users] Newbie questions :-)

[Daniel Maher]

Hello !

Philipp Huber wrote:

> 1)      Can I configure GlusterFS so it can withstand a complete 'brick'
> failure without users loosing access to their data?

Yes.

> 2)      If Yes, can I configure how many redundant copies of the files are
> store, e.g. 2x, 3x? 

Yes.

> 3)      Can I control the amount of replication per user?

No.

> 4)      Is it correct to assume that after a failed 'brick' comes back
> online, the auto-heal functionality will take care of the re-sync'ing?

Yes (but not in the background...)

> 5)      As GlusterFS stores Metadata along with the normal data, what is the
> capacity overhead in %?

That's a good question. :)


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Daniel Maher <dma+gluster at witbe.net>