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diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/README.md b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/README.md index d45006932..0eb15fa71 100644 --- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/README.md +++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/README.md @@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ Requirements are categorized according to this. * Python >= 2.5, or 2.4 with Ctypes (see below) (both) * OpenSSH >= 4.0 (master) / SSH2 compliant sshd (eg. openssh) (slave) * rsync (both) -* glusterfs with marker support (master); glusterfs (optional on slave) -* FUSE; for supported versions consult glusterfs +* glusterfs: with marker and changelog support (master & slave); +* FUSE: glusterfs fuse module with auxilary gfid based access support INSTALLATION ------------ -As of now, the supported way of operation is running from the source directory. +As of now, the supported way of operation is running from the source directory or using the RPMs given. If you use Python 2.4.x, you need to install the [Ctypes module](http://python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/). @@ -46,34 +46,11 @@ USAGE ----- gsyncd is a utilitly for continous mirroring, ie. it mirrors master to slave incrementally. -Assume we have a gluster volume _pop_ at localhost. We try to set up the following mirrors -for it with gysncd: +Assume we have a gluster volume _pop_ at localhost. We try to set up the mirroring for volume +_pop_ using gsyncd for gluster volume _moz_ on remote machine/cluster @ example.com. The +respective gsyncd invocations are (demoing some syntax sugaring): -1. _/data/mirror_ -2. local gluster volume _yow_ -3. _/data/far_mirror_ at example.com -4. gluster volume _moz_ at example.com - -The respective gsyncd invocations are (demoing some syntax sugaring): - -1. - - gsyncd.py gluster://localhost:pop file:///data/mirror - - or short form - - gsyncd.py :pop /data/mirror - -2. `gsyncd :pop :yow` -3. - - gsyncd.py :pop ssh://example.com:/data/far_mirror - - or short form - - gsyncd.py :pop example.com:/data/far_mirror - -4. `gsyncd.py :pop example.com::moz` +`gsyncd.py :pop example.com::moz` gsyncd has to be available on both sides; it's location on the remote side has to be specified via the "--remote-gsyncd" option (or "remote-gsyncd" config file parameter). (This option can also be |