Hareem, Many thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks again for clarifying!
Cheers On Oct 31, 1:53 pm, Hareem Haque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the issue. You can connect an EBS volume fine to one instance. > However, you can make 1 EBS volume for each of your instances. That > would be super expensive in the long run. > > The benefit of Glusterfs is that it would connect all your app servers > to one master server where your EBS volume resides. You will then > simply setup ln -s for all your important config files to the > directory shared via glusterfs. > > The benefits are as follows: > > 1. The process becomes faster as more instances are added to your > farm. > > 2. No more need for "synchronize to all". > > 3. Data is spread across multiple nodes. So you can also config on the > fly all of your php apps. > > 4. Since data resides in EBS volume. There is no chance of data loss. > > 5. Makes farm administration a whole lot easy. > > 6. There would be no overhead charges as one would use the internal > IP's. > > 7. You can also use AFR (Automatic File Replication) to take the load > of your EBS volume. > > All in all. It does not hurt to give it a try. Prior to me installing > Glusterfs. I was simply syncing back and forth within my farm. > > Now i simply upate to the EBS volume and all my apps are configured > once i refresh the browser. Makes my life at least. A whole lot easy. > > Best Regards > Hareem. Haque > On Oct 31, 5:52 am, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Hareem, > > > GLusterfs looks fine. > > I have one puzzle though. > > Scalr also provides auto attachment feature which you can mount to a > > particular directory. > > I do not have to do anything other than specify in the configuration > > on scalr about the directory to be attached to EBS. > > > Now, why to use glusterfs if we have these features in scalr? Are > > there any big advantages? > > > Thanks > > > On Oct 31, 9:00 am, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi ALex, > > > Many thanks for the update. > > > Hareem, I will try out GlusterFS today. > > > > Thanks > > > > On Oct 31, 12:46 am, Hareem Haque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You should try EBS volume with GlusterFS. Its really awesome. > > > > > On Oct 30, 1:38 pm, Alex Kovalyov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On the Farm -> Edit page, tick the role you wish to add to the farm > > > > > and then > > > > > go to EBS tab. > > > > > > On 30.10.08 18:07, "Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I am also waiting for the auto EBS attachment feature. > > > > > > Any update on when it will be available on Scalr? > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > > On Oct 24, 3:19 pm, "Igor V. Savchenko (DicsyDel)" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> AutoEBSfeature will be available on scalr.net out of the box in a > > > > > >> few days. > > > > > > >> On Oct 24, 6:16 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Ahh, have you found a script that does work? > > > > > > >>> On Oct 24, 4:11 pm, Hareem Haque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >>>> I tried that script to. It failed on my attempt as well. > > > > > > >>>> On Oct 24, 11:07 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>>> Hi, > > > > > > >>>>> As a temporary work around so I can autoattachmyEBSvolumes I've > > > > > >>>>> taken the following script from > > > > > >>>>> herehttp://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?threadID=2. > > > > > >>>>> ... > > > > > >>>>> It works when I run it manually, I've updated my custom role to > > > > > >>>>> include this but when it starts up it fails toattachEBS(with no > > > > > >>>>> useful information unfortunately, just an error code of 1 from > > > > > >>>>> ec2- > > > > > >>>>> attach-volume). > > > > > > >>>>> Can you advise whether I need to do anything special in order > > > > > >>>>> to get > > > > > >>>>> EBStoattachusing this script with scalr? > > > > > > >>>>> Thanks, > > > > > >>>>> Paul- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > >>> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scalr-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
