[linux-lvm] Distributed LVM/filesystem/storage

[Hannes Dorbath]

Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> However I still fail to find a good approach. One initial idea was to
> export all physical volumes (partitions or full disks) vie NBD, join
> them all on a single machine into one VG/LV, create a filesystem and
> re-export that via NFS/SMB/...  However, all data would need to go
> through the net twice. While speed isn't the most important thing here
> (but storage is!), that's way suboptimal.

GlusterFS with Unify translator is exactly what you are asking for.

http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS


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Best regards,
Hannes Dorbath