[Gluster-users] Using GlusterFS with SoftLayer Endurance

[Rajesh Joseph]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Venkatesh Gopal" <venkatesh_gopal at yahoo.com>
> To: gluster-users at gluster.org
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:42:45 AM
> Subject: [Gluster-users] Using GlusterFS with SoftLayer Endurance
> 
> I have a Softlayer Endurance storage volume and have mounted it using NFS..
> 
> mount -t nfs4 -o hard,intr
> nfsdal0902b.service.softlayer.com:/IBM01SEV330022_1 /mnt/slvol
> 
> [root at mycentostester1 ~]# gluster volume create test-volume transport tcp
> mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol
> 
> volume create: test-volume: failed: Glusterfs is not supported on brick:
> mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol.
> Setting extended attributes failed, reason: Operation not supported.
> 
> [root at mycentostester1 ~]# gluster volume create test-volume
> mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol
> 
> volume create: test-volume: failed: Glusterfs is not supported on brick:
> mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol.
> Setting extended attributes failed, reason: Operation not supported.
> 
> So, can we not create a gluster volume on a NFS mount point directory?
> 

Gluster brick needs extended attributes and AFAIK NFS does not support them.
So in short gluster volume cannot use NFS mount as bricks.

> Venkatesh.
> 
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