Bug 858423

Summary:	Incorrect description of a "Distributed Filesystem"
Product:	[Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Gluster Storage	Reporter:	Scott Haines <shaines>
Component:	doc-Administration_Guide	Assignee:	Divya <divya>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Sudhir D <sdharane>
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Priority:	low
Version:	2.0	CC:	asriram, mhideo, ndevos, rfortier, rhs-bugs, sdharane, storage-doc
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Last Closed:	2013-12-10 21:12:15 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Scott Haines 2012-09-18 22:20:36 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #840481 +++

The description of "Distributed File System" on page 13 (http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html-single/Administration_Guide/index.html#chap-Administration_Guide-storage_concepts) explains what a networked filesystem is. The "distributed file system" should point out that the data from the filesystem is spread over multiple servers/bricks.

--- Additional comment from divya on 2012-09-04 07:07:20 EDT ---

Hi Niels,

Revised version is as follows:

"A file system that allows multiple clients to concurrently access data spread across multiple servers/bricks in a trusted storage pool. Sharing data is fundamental to all distributed file system."

Do let me know if you have any further comments before I update the guide with the revised version.

Thanks,
Divya

--- Additional comment from ndevos on 2012-09-04 11:41:20 EDT ---

"Sharing data is fundamental to all distributed file system." is not really clear in this context. The most important part of a "distributed filesystem" is that the data is stored/retrieved from multiple servers/bricks. Maybe you can write if like something as

"Data sharing among multiple locations is fundamental to all distributed file system."

Thanks,
Niels

--- Additional comment from divya on 2012-09-13 08:16:49 EDT ---

Updated Distributed File System description based on Niels suggestion. Updated guide is available at: http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html/Administration_Guide/chap-Administration_Guide-storage_concepts.html

Comment 2 Divya 2012-10-12 12:01:30 UTC

Updated Distributed File System description based on Niels suggestion. Updated guide is available at: http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html/Administration_Guide/chap-Administration_Guide-storage_concepts.html

Comment 3 Ujjwala 2012-12-11 05:11:22 UTC

Verified it in the above link. 
Have a minor correction.
In the line -  
"Data sharing among multiple locations is fundamental to all distributed file system." 

can you make it "systems" instead of "system" as 'all' will be a plural.

Comment 4 Divya 2013-01-21 06:40:19 UTC

I have updated the documentation and it is available at: http://documentation-devel.engineering.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/2.0/html/Administration_Guide/chap-Administration_Guide-storage_concepts.html

Comment 5 Ujjwala 2013-05-03 06:18:15 UTC

Verified. Looks fine to me.

Comment 7 Scott Haines 2013-12-10 21:12:15 UTC

This doc bug was fixed and verified against Red Hat Storage 2.1 enhancement and bug fix update (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1262.html) released 2013-09-16.  Moving bug to CLOSED - CURRENT RELEASE.