Sam, Can you say more about your use-case? Robert's points about why we don't recommend Gluster are all spot on, but we might be able to suggest a different approach if we know more about what you're trying to build.
--Casey > On Feb 8, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Robert Mustacchi via smartos-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/7/15 23:44 , Sam M via smartos-discuss wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'm considering using Gluster or something similar on my VMs. I'd like to >> get the opinion of this community on whether this would be a good choice or >> if there's anything similar I should also consider. > > We generally recommend against distributed file systems due to the > operational complexity and the CAP-related challenges that they present. > This is not dissimilar to how we suggest, operationally, that one > doesn't use centralized storage. > >> Also, I don't see any Gluster related packages in the repository. Is anyone >> else using Gluster on SmartOS VMs? My research thus far leads me to believe >> I should be able to build the required packages on SmartOS. If someone >> knows otherwise, please let me know. > > How do you expect your VMs to interact with it? Does it require fuse? > Some VFS kernel module? Something else? Keep in mind, that it's not > supported to use non-local storage for the primary backing store of any VM. > >> BTW I'm more an end user rather than a developer. > > With any complicated system, particularly these distributed file > systems, you should make sure that you have a plan for how to debug them > when things go wrong -- they will go wrong (eg. > https://ops.faithlife.com/?p=6). > > Robert > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26887334-6cdbd07c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
