[Gluster-users] Problems with data integrity between client, volume, and replicated bricks

Michael Peek peek at nimbios.org
Fri Aug 16 15:18:16 UTC 2013


Hi gurus,

I've been banging my head against a test volume for about a month and a
half now, and I'm having some serious problems figuring out what's going on.

I'm running on Ubuntu 12.04 amd64
I'm running Gluster 3.4.0final-ubuntu1~precise1
My cluster is made up of four machines, each machine has two 4TB HDDs
(ext4), with replication
My test client has an HDD with 913GB of test data in 156,544 files

Forgive the weird path names, but I wanted to use a setup with something
akin to the real data that I'd be using, and in production there's going
to be weird path names aplenty.  I include the path names here just in
case someone sees something obvious, like "You compared the wrong files"
or "You can't use path names like that with gluster!"  But for your
reading pleasure, I also list output below with the path names removed
so that you can clearly see similarities or differences from client to
volume to brick.

Disclaimer:  I have done some outage tests with this volume in the past
by unplugging a drive, plugging it back in, and then doing a full heal. 
The volume currently shows 1023 failed heals on bkupc1-b:/export/b/
(brick #2).  But that was before I started this particular test.  For
this test all the old files and directories had been deleted from the
volume beforehand so that I could start with an empty volume.  And no
outages -- simulated or otherwise -- have taken place for this test.  (I
have confirmed that every file listed by a gluster as heal-failed no
longer exists.  And yet, even though I have deleted the volume's
contents, the failed heals count remains.)  I thought this might be
important to disclose.  If so desired I can repeat the test after
deleting the volume and recreating it from scratch.  However, once in
production, doing this would be highly unfeasible as a solution to a
problem.  So if this is the cause of my angst, then I'd rather know how
to fix things as they sit now as opposed to scrapping the volume and
starting anew.

Here's a detailed description of my latest test:

1) The client mounts the volume with fuse.glusterfs
(rw,default_permissions,allow_other,max_read=131072) as /data/bkupc1

2) I perform an rsync of the data to the volume.  I have the whole test
scripted and I'll list the juicy bits:

cd /export/d/eraseme/
if [ -d /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/ ]; then
    mv /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS.old
    ( /bin/rm -fr /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS.old & )
fi
mkdir /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS
rsync \
    -a \
    -v \
    --delete \
    --delete-excluded \
    --force \
    --ignore-errors \
    --one-file-system \
    --progress \
    --stats \
    --exclude '/tmp' \
    --exclude '/var/tmp' \
    --exclude '**core' \
    --partial \
    --inplace \
    ./ \
    /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/

NOTE: If the directory /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/ exists from a previous run
of this test then I move it, and then delete it in the background while
rsync is running.

Output:
...
Number of files: 156554
Number of files transferred: 147980
Total file size: 886124490325 bytes
Total transferred file size: 886124487184 bytes
Literal data: 886124487184 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 20189800
File list generation time: 0.001 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
Total bytes sent: 886258975318
Total bytes received: 2845881
 
sent 886258975318 bytes  received 2845881 bytes  45981053.79 bytes/sec
total size is 886124490325  speedup is 1.00

3) My client has md5 checksums for it's files, so next my script checks
the files on the volume:

cd /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/
md5sum -c --quiet md5sums
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF:
FAILED
md5sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match

a) Taking a closer look at this file:

On the client:

root at client:/export/d/eraseme# ls -ald
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

On the volume:

root at bkupc1-a:/data/bkupc1/BACKUPS# ls -ald
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

On the raw bricks:

root at bkupc1-a:/export# ls -ald
./*/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009
./a/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

root at bkupc1-b:/export# ls -ald
./*/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009
./a/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

To make this more readable, here's the output with the path stripped
off, listed in the order given above:

-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009 <-- client
-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009 <-- volume
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009 <-- brick #1
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 646041328 Nov 13  2009 <-- brick #2

Good: Size, permissions, ownership, and time all match.

b) MD5 checksums:

On the client:

root at catus:/export/d/eraseme# md5sum
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
52b8f8166ef4303bd7b897e8cc6a86c0 
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

On the volume:

root at bkupc1-a:/data/bkupc1/BACKUPS# md5sum
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
90a767df080af25adbc3db4da8406072 
data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

On the bricks:

root at bkupc1-a:/export# md5sum
./*/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
90a767df080af25adbc3db4da8406072 
./a/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

root at bkupc1-b:/export# md5sum
./*/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF
52b8f8166ef4303bd7b897e8cc6a86c0 
./a/glusterfs/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fdc790-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/87fb6cfc-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/gF-Eqm1GHw7NPNQOQoeJLNNlfL5ydR0FzVZDHdK9OShRHknwgkqCG0M1yWnryQ,cdfk6Ysdk99eoncEHxnDrEQZF

To make this more readable, here's the output with the path stripped
off, listed in the order given above:

52b8f8166ef4303bd7b897e8cc6a86c0 <-- client
90a767df080af25adbc3db4da8406072 <-- volume
90a767df080af25adbc3db4da8406072 <-- brick #1
52b8f8166ef4303bd7b897e8cc6a86c0 <-- brick #2

AHA!!!  The MD5 checksum is different on one of the bricks!

c) I also have SHA1 checksums of these files as well, and checking that
I get the same thing:

a12cbec32cc8b02dd4dc5e53d017238756f2b182 <-- client
4fbeacdac48f5a292bd5f0c9dfe1d073fd75354e <-- volume
4fbeacdac48f5a292bd5f0c9dfe1d073fd75354e <-- brick #1
a12cbec32cc8b02dd4dc5e53d017238756f2b182 <-- brick #2

4) Last but not least, just to make sure that the horse is good and
dead, my script does a byte-by-byte comparison of every file with
/usr/bin/diff -r -q ./ /data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/.  Diff reports a difference
-- BUT -- it's with a *different* file, in a *different* directory:

Files
./data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/8825c6c8-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/880f8f0c-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/iMmV,UqdiqZRie5QUu341iRS7s,-OK7PzXSuPgr0o30yNDXNG6uvqA0Wyr7RRR3MBE4
and
/data/bkupc1/BACKUPS/data/884b9a38-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/884a7040-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/8825c6c8-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/880f8f0c-0443-11e3-b8fb-f46d04e15793/iMmV,UqdiqZRie5QUu341iRS7s,-OK7PzXSuPgr0o30yNDXNG6uvqA0Wyr7RRR3MBE4
differ

NOTE: Diff doesn't even notice that the first file -- the one listed in
(3) above -- shows any difference at all.  I suppose this could be
explained away depending on glusters' internal workings.  IF gluster
provides access to replicated data round-robin then I could see how md5
and sha1 might wind up getting the file from brick#1 while diff gets the
file from brick#2, but that's "IF", not "HOW".  I don't actually know
anything about how gluster works under the hood.  That's just the first
possible explanation that came to my mind.

On closer look:

ls -ald:
-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 527435808 Aug  5  2009 <-- client
-rw-r--r-- 1 peek peek 527435808 Aug  5  2009 <-- volume
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 527435808 Aug  5  2009 <-- brick #1
-rw-r--r-- 2 peek peek 527435808 Aug  5  2009 <-- brick #2

MD5:
01eca86b5b48beb8f76204112dc69ac3 <-- client
01eca86b5b48beb8f76204112dc69ac3 <-- volume
01eca86b5b48beb8f76204112dc69ac3 <-- brick #1
3c1c9eadc44a1e144a576d4b388a1c42 <-- brick #2

SHA1:
a570dac34f820bc4973ea485b059429786068993 <-- client
a570dac34f820bc4973ea485b059429786068993 <-- volume
a570dac34f820bc4973ea485b059429786068993 <-- brick #1
0b755903ac3ba1314fbba7a73ef0c5c6d6716ff1 <-- brick #2

Why is this happening?
Did I do something wrong?
Or is this a legitimate bug?

I have preserved the log files from each client and I'll be pouring over
those next, but I'll be honest, I don't know what I'm looking for.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Michael Peek



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