# Debian 6.0 GlusterFS

# sometimes thies device is missing
mknod /dev/fuse c 10 229
# install the packages
apt-get install glusterfs-client glusterfs-server
# create a new volume using /gluster/server on test1 and test2 as replicated file store
glusterfs-volgen --name clusteredfilestore test1:/gluster/server test2:/gluster/server --raid 1
# make this the default server configuration
cp <hostname>-clusteredfilestore-export.vol /etc/glusterfs/glusterfsd.vol
# you also get a client configuration, make it the default
cp clusteredfilestore-tcp.vol /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol
# restart the server
/etc/init.d/glusterfs-server restart

# you can add the gluster share to fstab, and you can samba it from there if you wish.
/etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol /gluster/client glusterfs defaults,_netdev,noatime 0 0

# that will write changes to both backend servers, and will automatically look to the other if one
# falls over. If you serve it from 2 samba servers, you will have to set up ip failover for that too.