On 10/08/2010 07:03 PM, Christopher J Bidwell wrote:
Can gluster be used as a WAN-based distributed filesystem? I've got four servers spread around the country to provide geographic redundancy and am looking for a good system that I can maintain continuity between the servers. Replication, etc. Currently using rsync which is just terrible and has a high overhead as I've got large directories that need continuous updates.
Unless you've got gigabit ethernet between your POPs (somehow), i wouldn't recommend it. Afaik Gluster is designed for high-bandwidth / low-latency environments, such as LANs and storage networks - not for WANs.
People have tried though, of course ; search the archives for more information.
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