[Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions

Tue Nov 19 22:35:12 UTC 2019

Hi Amar,

Thanks very much for that. I know it's probably not your responsibility,
but any idea when 7.1 is likely to be in the CentOS repository?

On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 18:13, Amar Tumballi <amarts at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I just updated the testing report -
> https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/issues/763
>
> Looks like there are some more minor issues in v7.0. I am planning to send
> fixes soon, so these can be fixed in v7.1
>
> -Amar
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:49 AM David Cunningham <
> dcunningham at voisonics.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I see that GlusterFS 7 is now released. The release notes don't mention
>> Thin Arbiter, but I presume it's included? Is anyone able to comment on
>> whether it should be considered production quality? (wondering whether to
>> recommend to a customer or not)
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea when the CentOS package will be released for
>> GlusterFS 7?
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 15:51, Ashish Pandey <aspandey at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> This was the bug fix and it had to go to gluster 6 also in which
>>> thin-arbiter is supported with glusterd 2.
>>> However, what you were looking for was the support of thin-arbiter in
>>> glusterd which is available in gluster 7 only.
>>>
>>> So now using gluster 7.0, you can create and use thin-arbiter volume
>>> just like any other volume with few additional steps.
>>>
>>> Following is the command you can use -
>>>
>>> gluster volume create <VOLNAME> replica 2 thin-arbiter 1
>>> <host1>:<brick1> <host2>:<brick2>
>>> <thin-arbiter-host>:<path-to-store-replica-id-file> [force]
>>>
>>> Before that you have to run thin-arbiter process on TA host.
>>> The above command you can use only with release 7 and not with older
>>> release.
>>>
>>> Patches which got merged for this change are -
>>> https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22992/ - release 7
>>> https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22612/ - master
>>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to come up with modified document/blog for this asap.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Ashish
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"David Cunningham" <dcunningham at voisonics.com>
>>> *To: *"Hari Gowtham" <hgowtham at redhat.com>
>>> *Cc: *"gluster-users" <gluster-users at gluster.org>
>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, July 24, 2019 5:17:50 AM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I see references to fixes for thin-arbiter on the 6.x release notes.
>>> Does that mean thin-arbiter is ready to use on glusterfs 6 please?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 17:42, Hari Gowtham <hgowtham at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The committing should happen a little earlier than 10th. The tagging is
>>>> the one which decides if the patch makes it to the release or not and
>>>> tagging happens before 10th. We do announce the tagging date for each
>>>> release in the mailing list. You can keep an eye on that to know the dates.
>>>> And committing in master won't be enough for it to make it to a release. If
>>>> it has to be a part of release 6 then after being committed into master we
>>>> have to back port it to the release 6 branch and it should get committed in
>>>> that particular branch as well. Only then it will be a part of the package
>>>> released for that branch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 19 Jun, 2019, 4:24 AM David Cunningham, <
>>>> dcunningham at voisonics.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hari,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for that information. So if I understand correctly, if
>>>>> thin-arbiter is committed to the master branch by the 10th July, then it
>>>>> should be in the CentOS package fairly soon afterwards?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a customer asking when we can use it, hence the questions.
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 17:24, Hari Gowtham <hgowtham at redhat.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once a feature is added to the master branch, we have to back port it
>>>>>> to the release 5, 6 and other such branches which are active. And these
>>>>>> release branches will be tagged every month around 10th. So if an feature
>>>>>> has been back ported to the particular release branch before tagging, then
>>>>>> it will be a part of the tagging. And this tag is the one used for creating
>>>>>> packaging. This is the procedure for CentOS, Fedora and Debian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Hari.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 18 Jun, 2019, 4:06 AM David Cunningham, <
>>>>>> dcunningham at voisonics.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Ashish,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for that. I guess it's not your responsibility, but do you
>>>>>>> know how often it typically takes for new versions to reach the CentOS
>>>>>>> package system after being released?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 17:15, Ashish Pandey <aspandey at redhat.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It should be any time soon as we are in last phase of patch
>>>>>>>> reviews. You can follow this patch -
>>>>>>>> https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22612/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Ashish
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>> *From: *"David Cunningham" <dcunningham at voisonics.com>
>>>>>>>> *To: *"Ashish Pandey" <aspandey at redhat.com>
>>>>>>>> *Cc: *"gluster-users" <gluster-users at gluster.org>
>>>>>>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, June 11, 2019 9:55:40 AM
>>>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Ashish and Amar,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there any news on when thin-arbiter might be in the regular
>>>>>>>> GlusterFS, and the CentOS packages please?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 20:34, Ashish Pandey <aspandey at redhat.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> *From: *"David Cunningham" <dcunningham at voisonics.com>
>>>>>>>>> *To: *"Ashish Pandey" <aspandey at redhat.com>
>>>>>>>>> *Cc: *"gluster-users" <gluster-users at gluster.org>
>>>>>>>>> *Sent: *Monday, May 6, 2019 1:40:30 PM
>>>>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ashish,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for the update. Does that mean they're now in the
>>>>>>>>> regular Glusterfs? Any idea how long it typically takes the Ubuntu and
>>>>>>>>> CentOS packages  to be updated with the latest code?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No, for regular glusterd, work is still in progress. It will be
>>>>>>>>> done soon.
>>>>>>>>> I don't have answer for the next question. May be Amar have
>>>>>>>>> information regarding this. Adding him in CC.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 18:21, Ashish Pandey <aspandey at redhat.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can see that Amar has already committed the changes and those
>>>>>>>>>> are visible on
>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Thin-Arbiter-Volumes/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> Ashish
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> *From: *"Strahil" <hunter86_bg at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>>>>> *To: *"Ashish" <aspandey at redhat.com>, "David" <
>>>>>>>>>> dcunningham at voisonics.com>
>>>>>>>>>> *Cc: *"gluster-users" <gluster-users at gluster.org>
>>>>>>>>>> *Sent: *Saturday, May 4, 2019 12:10:01 AM
>>>>>>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ashish,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can someone commit the doc change I have already proposed ?
>>>>>>>>>> At least, the doc will clarify that fact .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Strahil Nikolov
>>>>>>>>>> On May 3, 2019 05:30, Ashish Pandey <aspandey at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Creation of thin-arbiter volume is currently supported by GD2
>>>>>>>>>> only. The command "glustercli" is available when glusterd2 is
>>>>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>>>>> We are also working on providing thin-arbiter support on glusted
>>>>>>>>>> however, it is not available right now.
>>>>>>>>>> https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/22612/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> Ashish
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> *From: *"David Cunningham" <dcunningham at voisonics.com>
>>>>>>>>>> *To: *gluster-users at gluster.org
>>>>>>>>>> *Sent: *Friday, May 3, 2019 7:40:03 AM
>>>>>>>>>> *Subject: *[Gluster-users] Thin-arbiter questions
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We are setting up a thin-arbiter and hope someone can help with
>>>>>>>>>> some questions. We've been following the documentation from
>>>>>>>>>> https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Thin-Arbiter-Volumes/
>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. What release of 5.x supports thin-arbiter? We tried a "gluster
>>>>>>>>>> volume create" with the --thin-arbiter option on 5.5 and got an
>>>>>>>>>> "unrecognized option --thin-arbiter" error.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2. The instruction to create a new volume with a thin-arbiter is
>>>>>>>>>> clear. How do you add a thin-arbiter to an already existing volume though?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 3. The documentation suggests running glusterfsd manually to
>>>>>>>>>> start the thin-arbiter. Is there a service that can do this instead? I
>>>>>>>>>> found a mention of one in
>>>>>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1579786 but it's not
>>>>>>>>>> really documented.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> David Cunningham, Voisonics Limited
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>>>>
>>>
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