[Gluster-users] Usage Question

[Burnash, James]

Hi Arthur.

Short answer - no. It will really screw things up, since the clients maintain the view of the Filesystem, not the servers.

More details available on this list.

James Burnash, Unix Engineering
T. 201-239-2248 
jburnash at knight.com | www.knight.com

545 Washington Ave. | Jersey City, NJ


-----Original Message-----
From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Taylor
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:39 AM
To: gluster-users at gluster.org
Subject: [Gluster-users] Usage Question

I have a simple question regarding GlusterFS's usage. Let's suppose I'm exporting a home directory via GlusterFS from a server to a few client machines. Is it ok if users login into the server to create and edit files?
I'm not interested in using features such as Automated File Replication. I'm just wondering whether it is safe to manipulate files directly on the server.


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