[Gluster-devel] Server-side Quiesce feature

[Varun Shastry]

Hi all,

Volume snapshot feature snapshots a volume by snapshotting individual bricks, that are available, using the lvm-snapshot technology. As part of using lvm-snapshot, the design requires bricks to be free from modifications. Snapshot feature needs a mechanism in GlusterFS, where file operations such as write, mkdir, mkdnod, unlink, truncate etc, that modify the underlying file system, are ‘quiesced’ until the snapshot of the brick is taken.

This mechanism should have the following properties:
• Allow file operations that do not modify the underlying file system.
• Should keep the ‘quiescing’ transparent to the applications.

This is where the server-side quiescing of file operations comes into picture. So the feature page[1] for Server side Quiesce is created in the gluster.org. Please review the document & design of the feature and provide your comments/suggestions/critics.

[1] http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Features/Server-side_Quiesce_feature

Thanks
Varun Shastry