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GlusterFS is a scale-out NAS file system that runs over Ethernet or Infiniband RDMA interconnect. GlusterFS is now owned by Red Hat.

GlusterFS is a scale-out NAS file system. It is free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v3. It aggregates various storage servers over Ethernet or Infiniband RDMA interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is based on a stackable user space design without compromising performance. It has found a variety of applications including cloud computing, biomedical sciences and archival storage. GlusterFS was developed originally by Gluster, Inc., then by Red Hat, Inc., after their purchase of Gluster in 2011.

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How do I use GlusterFS in a reuse scenario?

I am going to repurpose 5 servers from their previous use as computational servers to be a KVM system. This will become my sandbox for testing patches and for testing new software, configuration changes, etc. I want to use GlusterFS to create a…
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Unable to mount gluster fs on glusterfs client: Transport endpoint is not connected

UPDATE: Upgrade to latest version 5.2 and thus update the log. However, issue stays the same UPDATE 2: also update client to 5.2, still the same issue. I have a gluster cluster setup with 3 nodes. server1, 192.168.100.1 server2,…
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Does glusterFS allow you to use multiple "classes" of storage?

I am used to traditional SANs. On a traditional SAN, we're able to create tiers of storage (fast disks, slow disks), and then allocate volumes from those tiers of storage. This way a device that needs ultra low latency and ultra high throughput can…
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Filesystem Test for Contended Writes

I have been using a suite of filesystem testing tools to benchmark and abuse a GlusterFS volume. The volume is a replica 3 volume spread out over 6 hosts. Fio, iozone, and Bonnie indicate to me that Gluster is working just fine and the bandwidth is…
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Does GlusterFS require XFS or can it work with other file systems?

I am trying to install GlusterFS and I see all the instructions utilize the creation of an XFS mount point, is it a limitation that GlusterFS requires XFS? Can it work with vfat or ntfs mounts?
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Retry all failed mounts with systemd

I created several GlusterFS volumes replicated over 9 machines. All of the mounts (128 to be exact) are managed by systemd. The systemctl command shows a random subset of the mounts as "failed" (see listing below). From the log messages I guess…
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Virtual Hosting Cluster File System Confusion

My title probably doesn't encompass the full scope of what I'm needing, so I'll lay out what I want to accomplish. I have two Linux servers with large drive arrays, multiple CPUs and a large amount of RAM. I have what will be the primary file…
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Why are GlusterFS replicated volumes not recommended for Hosts in different datacenters?

Any tutorial I can find about GlusterFS replicated volumes assumes that both (all) bricks are on the same private network which then also leads to the conclusion they must be in the same datacenter. e.g. "The problem is when the storage you would…
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Scale out a Gluster Disperse Volume

I've been playing with Gluster for a few hours to see if it will fit our needs and so far so good. However, I've been looking around the internet for the "how to" of expanding a dispersed volume and have come up empty. I can easily find it for…
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How to make GlusterFS mount point highly available?

It's true that one can mount a GlusterFS volume on any brick and the FUSE client will automatically discover the other bricks and connect to them as well. If the initial brick fails the client will fail over to one of the other bricks. So, after the…
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Glusterd dead but cluster still running

We are currently running a three node cluster, on Gluster 3.6.4. On one of our nodes we noticed that the glusterd daemon is dead. But the glusterfsd daemons are still running, and we believe clients are connecting and retrieving data We noticed that…
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Clustered cron with one server only overlap allowed

I've setuped load balancers: lb1 (active) and lb2 (passive), Glustered web servers: web1 (active), web2 (backup), and some clustered database. Both web servers and databases are A pointed to the VIP of the load balancers. Both of web servers have…
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GlusterFS Split Brain issue

I have been facing issues in performance with GlusterFS setup. We took a new build of application live and suddenly all GlusterFS clients and masters also started showing high utilization of CPU. This is causing real pain. My Setup is as follows: I…
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glusterfs unable to read gsyncd status file

Goal I wanted to try glusterfs geo-replication in some virtualboxes on my computer for later use distributed on multiple sites. Configuration I installed glusterfs 3.6 on ubuntu 32bit servers like this: add-apt-repository -y…
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CentOS 7 - Systemctl dependency problems with network mount and OpenSM

I have the follwoing problem. I want to mount a glusterfs share over Infiniband on an CentOS 7 client. The glusterfs share '/data' is severed by a host called storage1. For the client I I setup and minimal CentOS system. I installed rdma and opensm…
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