[Gluster-users] Speed of glusterfs

[Raphaël Hoareau]

In theory yes, but the bandwith will also be limited by the nodes between
the client and the server.
Unless every part of your network can handle 2Gbit, it won't be a good
solution.

You could also try to use two NICs with specific routes. NIC1 knows the
route to Server1 and NIC2 knows the route to Server2.
Something like this :
eth0 : route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 -i eth0    #
Assuming 192.168.0.0 = network containing Server1
eth1 : route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 -i eth1    #
Assuming 192.168.1.0 = network containing Server2

But I really don't know if it could work as I never tried it before. And,
as I said, it also depends on the nodes in your network.

The most basic configuration would look like this :

             Server1         Server2
                  |                   |
                  |                   |
          1Gbit|                   |1Gbit
                  |                   |
                  |                   |
                eth0             eth1
                         Client

In that case, you will double your speed. But again, it's just an idea.

If you have everything to try it (NIC-teaming and/or NIC specific route),
go ahead.
And, please, give me your results as I'm very interested in GlusterFS
performances.

Regards,

Raphaël.

Le 14 décembre 2011 12:55, Marc Muehlfeld <
Marc.Muehlfeld at medizinische-genetik.de> a écrit :

> Am 14.12.2011 11:50, schrieb Raphaël Hoareau:
>
>  The GlusterFS client DOES send the data directly to both storage, that's
>> why your speed is about half the NFS speed.
>>
>
> Can I double the speed of GlusterFS by NIC-teaming (2x 1Gbit)?
>
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