GlusterFS Storage Administration (GL636)

Module 1: Introduction

• GlusterFS Overview

• GlusterFS Internals

• Elastic Hash Algorithm

• GlusterFS History

• Example Use Case: Virtualization Servers

• Terminology

• Architectural Overview

• Features

• Comparison to Other Clustered Filesystems

• Scaling

• Using screen

• Running Commands on Multiple Systems

• Lab Tasks

– Screen Basics

– Running Commands on Multiple Hosts

 

Module 2: Installation

• Gluster Package Installation

• Identifying Initial Bricks

• Creating Bricks

• Formatting and Mount Bricks

• Setting up the GlusterFS Volume

• Lab Tasks

– GlusterFS QuickStart

 

Module 3: Volume Types

• Brick Layouts and Standards

• Volume Types

• Distributed Volume

• Replicated Volume

• Striped Volume

• Sharded Volume

• Dispersed Volume

• Distributed Replicate Volume

• Distributed Striped Replicate Volume

• Distributed Striped Volume

• Striped Replicated Volume

• Distributed Dispersed Volume

• Lab Tasks

– Creating Volumes

 

Module 4: Geo-Replication

• Geo-replication Overview

• Geo-replication Deployment Scenarios

• Environment Requirements

• Master/slave Architecture

• Setting up Geo-replication

• Cascading Geo-replication

• Distributed Geo-replication

• Administration

• Lab Tasks

– Setting up GlusterFS Geo-replication

 

Module 5: Managing Volumes

• Transports

• Resizing Volumes

• Migrating Data

• Removing Volumes

• Self-Healing

• Bitrot Detection

• Lab Tasks

– Managing GlusterFS Volumes

 

Module 6: GlusterFS Clients

• GlusterFS Client Support

• FUSE client

• FUSE mounting volumes

• NFS client

• The Network Lock Manager

• CIFS/SMB Client

• Lab Tasks

– Setting up GlusterFS Clients

 

Module 7: ACLs and Quotas

• POSIX ACLs

• Listing and Setting ACLs

• Removing ACLs

• GlusterFS Quota Support

• Setting and Displaying Disk Limits

• Memory Cache Size and Alert Time

• Lab Tasks

– Setting up ACLs and Quotas

 

Module 8: IP Failover

• CTDB

• CTDB Prerequisites

• Configuring CTDB

• Verifying CTDB Setup with Samba

• Lab Tasks

– Setting up and configuring CTDB

 

Module 9: Snapshots

• Prerequisites

• Snapshot Features

• Managing Snapshots

• Managing Snapshots

• Managing Snapshots

• Lab Tasks

– Using and managing GlusterFS snapshots

 

Module 10: Troubleshooting

• Volume Status

• Statedump

• GlusterFS logs

• Geo-replication Logs

• Troubleshooting Geo-replication

• Troubleshooting NFS

• Lab Tasks

– Troubleshooting GlusterFS 

Prerequisites

This course requires an advanced knowledge of Linux system administration. These skills are taught in the H7091S "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration" and U8583S "Linux Fundamentals".