[Gluster-users] unequal components to type cluster/distribute

[Jeffrey Darcy]

----- Original Message -----
> There has been discussion in the past about improvement in the way glusterfs
> handles unequal components in a distribute, for instance unequal size brick
> pairs in a distribute/replicate cluster.  Has this happened and I missed it?
> I don't see this listed as a feature in any of the new glusterfs releases
> nor in the the proposes improvements in glusterfs 3.6.  Perhaps it occured
> under some other name?   When one wants to add space to an old cluster or
> replace dead disks the sweet spot in the size of disks usually will have
> increased from the size used when the cluster was first built.  I can see
> that
> one would want to have the bricks making up a replicate to be the same size
> but
> for distribute components it is inefficient to have to divide a big new disk
> into a numerous small bricks.

This would be an excellent addition to the 3.6 feature list.  I've done some
work in this area before, so I'll write up the feature proposal.  Thanks!