[Gluster-users] Gluster server and multi-homing, again

[Mohit Anchlia]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti
<lopresti at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Run one glusterd on server1.  Have "server1-eth1" and "server1-eth2"
>>> refer to the two interfaces.  Use "gluster peer probe server1-eth1"
>>> AND "gluster peer probe server1-eth2" (?)
>>>
>>> My concern is that this will be attempting to add the same server to
>>
>> Don't they have different IP unless I misunderstood your
>> configuration. Are the NIC bonded?
>
> No, no bonding.  I mean one server with two IP addresses.  So
> "server1-eth1" might be 192.168.0.37 and "server1-eth2" might be
> 192.168.1.37, but they both connect to the same server (just on
> different interfaces).
>
>> If you want to try out you will also need to do peer probe with eth1
>> and eth2 IPs.
>
> If both IPs refer to the same server, they will connect to the same
> glusterd process, unless I find a way to launch two such processes and
> bind each to a separate address...

Are you worried that your one server will go over 10 Gig?  You concern
might not be as valid if you look at the load and it's always better
to keep simple configuration IMHO.

>
>  - Pat
>