[Gluster-users] Automatic Failover

[Mohit Anchlia]

Thanks! I thought for native clients failover is inbuilt. Isn't that true?

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Daniel Müller <mueller at tropenklinik.de> wrote:
> I use ucarp to make a real failover for my gluster-vols
> For the clients:
> Ex:In  my ucarp config, vip-001.conf on both nodes (or nnn... nodes):
>
> vip-001.conf on node1
> #ID
> ID=001
> #Network Interface
> BIND_INTERFACE=eth0
> #Real IP
> SOURCE_ADDRESS=192.168.132.56
> #Virtual IP used by ucarp
> VIP_ADDRESS=192.168.132.58
> #Ucarp Password
> PASSWORD=Password
>
> On node2
>
> #ID
> ID=002
> #Network Interface
> BIND_INTERFACE=eth0
> #Real IP
> SOURCE_ADDRESS=192.168.132.57
> #Virtual IP used by ucarp
> VIP_ADDRESS=192.168.132.58
> #Ucarp Password
> PASSWORD=Password
>
> Then
> mount -t glusterfs 192.168.132.58:/samba-vol /mnt/glusterfs
> Set enries in fstab:
>
> 192.168.132.58:/samba-vol /mnt/glusterfs glusterfs defaults 0 0
>
> Now one Server fails there is still the same service on for the clients.
>
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> Von: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org
> [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] Im Auftrag von Mohit Anchlia
> Gesendet: Freitag, 4. März 2011 03:46
> An: gluster-users at gluster.org
> Betreff: [Gluster-users] Automatic Failover
>
> I am actively trying to find out how automatic failover works but not
> able to find how? Is it in the mount option or where do we give if
> node 1 is down then write to node 2 or something like that. Can
> someone please explain how it work?
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