[Pvfs2-users] Fail if one i/o node is gone

[Emmanuel Florac]

Le Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:37:39 +0100
"Michael A. Toth" <lirul.lists at gmail.com> écrivait:

> I've set up a pvfs2 cluster with 3 i/o node and 2 metadata. (And one
> client.) All fine, quick tutorial guide is great. But if I shut down
> one of i/o node, the cluster will unavailable. How can I configure
> pvfs2 to tolerate one or more i/o node outage?

That's easy in principle : you'll have to create the code that does
that. I personally thought about it and came to the conclusion that it
may be feasible only by modifying the pvfs2-client; however it's far
from easy. And I still wonder how to achieve metadata redundancy.

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