[Gluster-users] Production cluster planning

Joe Julian joe at julianfamily.org
Wed Oct 26 20:59:42 UTC 2016


On 10/26/2016 01:56 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:
> 2016-10-26 22:31 GMT+02:00 Lindsay Mathieson <lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com>:
>> Yah, RAID10.
>>
>> - Two nodes with 4 WD 3TB RED
> I really hate RAID10.

Personally, I prefer raid0 bricks just to get the throughput to saturate 
my network, then I use replicate to meet my availability requirements 
(typically replica 3).

> I'm evaluating 2 RAIZ2 on each gluster node (12 disks: 6+6 on each
> RAIDZ2) or one huge RAIDZ3 with 12 disks.
> The biggest drawback with RAIDZ is that is impossible to add disks on
> an existing pool. So, I have to start immediatly with 12 disks (in
> case of a RAIDZ3)
> Probably, 2 RAIDZ2 made with 6 disks is enough.
>
>> - One node with 2 WD 3TB reds and 6 * 600MB SAS Velocirtprs
> Velociraptors: are still around ? I heard that were EOL a couple of years ago.
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