[Gluster-users] GlusterFS and automated balancing

[Vikas Gorur]

Eros Candelaresi wrote:
> 4. after a server failure redundancy should automatically be recreated 
> (ie. create new copies of all files that only exist once after the crash)
This is done by replicate. When a server comes back up the data is 
"self-healed", ensuring the copies are in sync.
> 5. just throw in new hardware, connect it with the cluster and let the 
> filesystem take care of filling it with data
This is possible by adding subvolumes to distribute. Currently this 
requires a remount on all clients. With the 3.1 release you'll be able 
to add servers without a remount.

Vikas