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

[William L. Sebok]

Thank you.  This is the main new feature I care about in glusterfs (except, of
course, stability).
--- Bill Sebok

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 05:41:28PM -0500, Jeffrey Darcy wrote:
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> 
> ----- 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!