Setup glusterfs server

Suppose you want to export the ext3 volume /dev/sdb1. We create /etc/glusterfs/glusterfsd.vol as the following.

Suppose /dev/sdb1 already mounted on /mnt/sdb1.

volume posix1
  type storage/posix
  option directory /mnt/sdb1
end-volume

volume locks1
    type features/locks
    subvolumes posix1
end-volume

Use subvolumes to specify the layer to place this on top of.

volume quota1
  type features/quota
  option disk-usage-limit 2000000000  # 2GB
  subvolumes locks1
end-volume

volume brick1
    type performance/io-threads
    option thread-count 8
    subvolumes quota1
end-volume

volume server-tcp
    type protocol/server
    option transport-type tcp
    option auth.addr.brick1.allow *    
    option transport.socket.listen-port 6996
    option transport.socket.nodelay on
    subvolumes brick1
end-volume

glusterfsd.vol

volume posix1
  type storage/posix
  option directory /mnt/sdb1
end-volume

volume locks1
    type features/locks
    subvolumes posix1
end-volume

volume quota1
  type features/quota
  option disk-usage-limit 2000000000  # 2GB
  subvolumes locks1
end-volume

volume brick1
    type performance/io-threads
    option thread-count 8
    subvolumes quota1
end-volume

volume server-tcp
    type protocol/server
    option transport-type tcp
    option auth.addr.brick1.allow *    
    option transport.socket.listen-port 6996
    option transport.socket.nodelay on
    subvolumes brick1
end-volume

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