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Linux Kernel Tuning for GlusterFS
One of our support engineer gurus, Harsha, has published a very detailed post on tuning parameters for the Linux kernel that may impact your GlusterFS performance. Here’s his introduction: Every now...
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GlusterFS HOWTO: NFS Performance with FUSE Client Redundancy
There’s another great post on the community Q&A site – this one about NFS performance, excessive load times for PHP-based web sites, and the Fuse client. This was written by Joe Julian, our...
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TheStraightTech: GlusterFS Over NFS, Virtual IP Migration, and Replication
Community linchpin Jjulian has posted a helpful HOWTO on How GlusterFS NFS works when migrating a virtual IP in a replicated volume: How Virtual IP Migration works with GlusterFS NFS and a replicated...
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TheStraightTech: How are Distribution and Replication Related?
If you use GlusterFS, you know that there are several types of volumes you can create: Distributed – Distributes files throughout the bricks in the volume. Replicated – Replicates files across bricks...
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TheStraightTech: Targeted Self-heal (repairing less than the whole volume)
There are a variety of strategies one can employ to improve the performance of GlusterFS self-heal procedures. Gluster community member Semiosis weighs in with one he dubs targeted self-heal: The...
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TheStraightTech: Mount GlusterFS at Boot Time on Ubuntu
Some Ubuntu users have reported errors mounting GlusterFS volumes at boot time due to the order that the Upstart system init daemon starts services. Gluster community member Semiosis posted a solution:...
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