[Gluster-users] geo-replication

Marcus Pedersén marcus.pedersen at slu.se
Fri Mar 2 12:39:22 UTC 2018


Hi Kotresh,
I am expecting my hardware to show up next week.
My plan is to run gluster version 3.12 on centos 7.
Has the issue been fixed in version 3.12?

Thanks a lot for your help!

/Marcus


On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 05:12:13PM +0530, Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> There are no issues with geo-rep and disperse volumes. It works with
> disperse volume
> being master or slave or both. You can run replicated distributed at master
> and diperse distributed
> at slave or disperse distributed at both master and slave. There was an
> issue with lookup on / taking
> longer time because of eager locks in disperse and that's been fixed. Which
> version are you running?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kotresh HR
> 
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Marcus Pedersén <marcus.pedersen at slu.se>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi again,
> > I have been testing and reading up on other solutions
> > and just wanted to check if my ideas are ok.
> > I have been looking at dispersed volumes and wonder if there are any
> > problems running replicated-distributed cluster on the master node and
> > a dispersed-distributed cluster on the slave side of a geo-replication.
> > Second thought, running disperesed on both sides, is that a problem
> > (Master: dispersed-distributed, slave: dispersed-distributed)?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance!
> >
> > Best regards
> > Marcus
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 02:57:48PM +0530, Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar
> > wrote:
> > > Answers inline
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Marcus Pedersén <marcus.pedersen at slu.se>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank you, Kotresh
> > > >
> > > > I talked to your storage colleagues at Open Source Summit in Prag last
> > > > year.
> > > > I described my layout idea for them and they said it was a good
> > solution.
> > > > Sorry if I mail you in private, but I see this as your internal
> > matters.
> > > >
> > > > The reason that I seem stressed is that I have already placed my order
> > > > on new file servers for this so I need to change that as soon as
> > possible.
> > > >
> > > > So, a last double check with you:
> > > > If I build the master cluster as I thought from the beginning,
> > > > distributed/replicated (replica 3 arbiter 1) and in total 4 file
> > servers
> > > > and one arbiter (same arbiter used for both "pairs"),
> > > > and build the slave cluster the same, distributed/replicated (replica 3
> > > > arbiter 1)
> > > > and in total 4 file servers and one arbiter (same arbiter used for both
> > > > "pairs").
> > > > Do I get a good technical solution?
> > > >
> > >
> > >      Yes, that works fine.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I liked your description on how the sync works, that made me understand
> > > > much
> > > > better how the system works!
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for all your help!
> > > >
> > >
> > >  No problem. We are happy to help you.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Marcus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 09:40:32PM +0530, Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Answers inline
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Marcus Pedersén <
> > marcus.pedersen at slu.se>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for your help!
> > > > > > Just to make things clear to me (and get a better understanding of
> > > > > > gluster):
> > > > > > So, if I make the slave cluster just distributed and node 1 goes
> > down,
> > > > > > data (say file.txt) that belongs to node 1 will not be synced.
> > > > > > When node 1 comes back up does the master not realize that file.txt
> > > > has not
> > > > > > been synced and makes sure that it is synced when it has contact
> > with
> > > > node
> > > > > > 1 again?
> > > > > > So file.txt will not exist on node 1 at all?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Geo-replication syncs changes based on changelog journal which
> > records
> > > > all
> > > > > the file operations.
> > > > > It syncs every file in two steps
> > > > > 1. File creation with same attributes as on master via rpc (CREATE is
> > > > > recorded in changelog)
> > > > > 2. Data sync via rsync (DATA is recorded in changelog. Any further
> > > > appends
> > > > > will only record DATA)
> > > > >
> > > > > The changelog processing will not halt on encountering ENOENT(It
> > thinks
> > > > > it's a safe error). It's not
> > > > > straight forward. When I said, file won't be synced, it means the
> > file is
> > > > > created on node1 and when
> > > > > you append the data, the data would not sync as it gets ENOENT since
> > the
> > > > > node1 is down. But if the
> > > > > 'CREATE' of file is not synced to node1, then it is persistent
> > failure
> > > > > (ENOTCON) and waits till node1 comes back.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I did a small test on my testing machines.
> > > > > > Turned one of the geo machines off and created 10000 files
> > containing
> > > > one
> > > > > > short string in the master nodes.
> > > > > > Nothing became synced with the geo slaves.
> > > > > > When I turned on the geo machine again all 10000 files were synced
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > > geo slaves.
> > > > > > Ofcause devided between the two machines.
> > > > > > Is this the right/expected behavior of geo-replication with a
> > > > distributed
> > > > > > cluster?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, it's correct. As I said earlier, CREATE itself would have failed
> > > > with
> > > > > ENOTCON. geo-rep waited till slave comes back.
> > > > > Bring slave node down, and now append data to files which falls under
> > > > node
> > > > > which is down, you won't see appended data.
> > > > > So it's always recommended to use replica/ec/arbiter
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Many thanks in advance!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Regards
> > > > > > Marcus
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 06:39:20PM +0530, Kotresh Hiremath
> > Ravishankar
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > We are happy to help you out. Please find the answers inline.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:39 PM, Marcus Pedersén <
> > > > marcus.pedersen at slu.se>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I am planning my new gluster system and tested things out in
> > > > > > > > a bunch of virtual machines.
> > > > > > > > I need a bit of help to understand how geo-replication behaves.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have a master gluster cluster replica 2
> > > > > > > > (in production I will use an arbiter and
> > replicatied/distributed)
> > > > > > > > and the geo cluster is distributed with 2 machines.
> > > > > > > > (in production I will have the geo cluster distributed)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It's recommended to use slave also to be distribute
> > > > > > replicate/aribiter/ec.
> > > > > > > Choosing only distribute will cause issues
> > > > > > > when of the slave node is down and a file is being synced which
> > > > belongs
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > that node. It would not sync
> > > > > > > later.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Everything is up and running and creating files from client
> > both
> > > > > > > > replicates and is distributed in the geo cluster.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The thing I am wondering about is:
> > > > > > > > When I run: gluster volume geo-replication status
> > > > > > > > I see both slave nodes one is active and the other is passive.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > MASTER NODE    MASTER VOL     MASTER BRICK    SLAVE USER
> > SLAVE
> > > > > > > >                                 SLAVE NODE      STATUS
> >  CRAWL
> > > > STATUS
> > > > > > > >    LAST_SYNCED
> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > gluster1       interbullfs    /interbullfs    geouser
> > > > > > > >  ssh://geouser@gluster-geo1::interbullfs-geo    gluster-geo2
> > > > Active
> > > > > > > >  Changelog Crawl    2018-02-06 11:46:08
> > > > > > > > gluster2       interbullfs    /interbullfs    geouser
> > > > > > > >  ssh://geouser@gluster-geo1::interbullfs-geo    gluster-geo1
> > > > > > Passive
> > > > > > > >   N/A                N/A
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If I shutdown the active slave the status changes to faulty
> > > > > > > > and the other one continues to be passive.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > MASTER NODE    MASTER VOL     MASTER BRICK    SLAVE USER
> > SLAVE
> > > > > > > >                                 SLAVE NODE      STATUS
> >  CRAWL
> > > > STATUS
> > > > > > > > LAST_SYNCED
> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > > > > > gluster1       interbullfs    /interbullfs    geouser
> > > > > > > >  ssh://geouser@gluster-geo1::interbullfs-geo    N/A
> > > >  Faulty
> > > > > > > >  N/A             N/A
> > > > > > > > gluster2       interbullfs    /interbullfs    geouser
> > > > > > > >  ssh://geouser@gluster-geo1::interbullfs-geo    gluster-geo1
> > > > > > Passive
> > > > > > > >   N/A             N/A
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > In my understanding I thought that if the active slave stopped
> > > > > > > > working the passive slave should become active and should
> > > > > > > > continue to replicate from master.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Am I wrong? Is there just one active slave if it is setup as
> > > > > > > > a distributed system?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The Active/Passive notion is for master node. If gluster1 master
> > > > node is
> > > > > > > down  glusterd2 master node will become Active.
> > > > > > > It's not for slave node.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What I use:
> > > > > > > > Centos 7, gluster 3.12
> > > > > > > > I have followed the geo instructions:
> > > > > > > > http://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Geo%
> > > > > > 20Replication/
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Many thanks in advance!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Bets regards
> > > > > > > > Marcus
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > > > > > Kotresh H R
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> > > > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > > > Kotresh H R
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> > > > --
> > > > **************************************************
> > > > * Marcus Pedersén                                *
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> > > --
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Kotresh H R
> >
> > --
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> > * Marcus Pedersén                                *
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Kotresh H R

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* Marcus Pedersén                                * 
* System administrator                           *
**************************************************
* Interbull Centre                               *
* ================                               *
* Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics — SLU *
* Box 7023, SE-750 07                            *
* Uppsala, Sweden                                *
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* Marcus Pedersén                                * 
* System administrator                           *
**************************************************
* Interbull Centre                               *
* ================                               *
* Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics — SLU *
* Box 7023, SE-750 07                            *
* Uppsala, Sweden                                *
**************************************************
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* Room 55614, Ulls väg 26, Ultuna                *
* Uppsala                                        *
* Sweden                                         *
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