GlusterFS : Distributed Configuration2026/04/28

Configure Storage Clustering with GlusterFS.

For example, create a distributed volume with 2 Nodes.

This example shows to use 2 Nodes but it's possible to use more than 3 Nodes.

                                  |
+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
| [GlusterFS Server#1] |10.0.0.51 | 10.0.0.52| [GlusterFS Server#2] |
|   node01.srv.world   +----------+----------+   node02.srv.world   |
|                      |                     |                      |
+----------------------+                     +----------------------+
           ⇑                                             ⇑
     file1, file3 ...                             file2, file4 ...

	It is strongly recommended to use partitions for GlusterFS volumes that are different from the / partition. On this example, it shows settings on the environment that all nodes has [sdb1] and mount it to [/glusterfs].
[1]	Install GlusterFS Server on All Nodes, refer to here.
[2]	Create a Directory for GlusterFS Volume on all Nodes.

root@node01:~#

mkdir -p /glusterfs/distributed

[3]	Configure Clustering like follows on a node. (it's OK on any node)

# probe nodes

root@node01:~#

gluster peer probe node02

peer probe: success.

# confirm status

root@node01:~#

gluster peer status

Number of Peers: 1

Hostname: node02
Uuid: d9f491f8-fae2-4b6e-8945-b49d1368d49d
State: Peer in Cluster (Connected)

# create volume

root@node01:~#

gluster volume create vol_distributed transport tcp \
node01:/glusterfs/distributed \
node02:/glusterfs/distributed

volume create: vol_distributed: success: please start the volume to access data

# start volume

root@node01:~#

gluster volume start vol_distributed

volume start: vol_distributed: success

# confirm volume info

root@node01:~#

gluster volume info


Volume Name: vol_distributed
Type: Distribute
Volume ID: acbdd31a-89cf-4e8d-85ef-5f3fee72ad94
Status: Started
Snapshot Count: 0
Number of Bricks: 2
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: node01:/glusterfs/distributed
Brick2: node02:/glusterfs/distributed
Options Reconfigured:
storage.fips-mode-rchecksum: on
transport.address-family: inet
nfs.disable: on

[4]	To mount GlusterFS volume on Client Hosts, refer to here.

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