GlusterFS Deep Dive

By Justin Burrell

This course will explore the GlusterFS storage system.

11 hours
  • 41 Lessons
  • 10 Hands-On Labs
  • 5 Course Quizzes

About the course

With more and more data being collected, stored, and analyzed by companies and applications, it may not be all that surprising that there are a lot of storage options available.

In this course, we will delve into the GlusterFS storage system. The course will start with some of the basics of GlusterFS. We will introduce GlusterFS and trusted storage pools (TSPs) as well as go over GlusterFS installation steps. The course will then move on to working with GlusterFS volumes, client access, monitoring your volumes, and troubleshooting.

Upon completion of this course, you will have a good foundation of knowledge to deploy and maintain a simple GlusterFS storage cluster.

Lab Highlights

  • Chapter 1 2 Lessons Introduction 1:47

    Course Introduction

    0:58

    About the Training Architect

    0:49
  • Chapter 2 7 Lessons Introduction to GlusterFS 1:21:36

    A Quick Introduction to GlusterFS

    0:55

    What Is GlusterFS?

    7:02

    Installing GlusterFS

    12:07

    Adding and Removing Servers to Storage Pools

    11:23

    Installing GlusterFS

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Introduction to GlusterFS: Section Review

    5:09

    Introduction to GlusterFS

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 11 Lessons Working with GlusterFS Storage Volumes 3:25:19

    Introduction to Working with GlusterFS Storage Volumes

    0:58

    Prepping the Storage for GlusterFS

    11:48

    Distributed GlusterFS Volumes

    9:31

    Creating a Distributed GlusterFS Volume

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Replicated GlusterFS Volumes

    10:32

    Creating a Replicated GlusterFS Volume

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Distributed Replicated, Dispersed, and Distributed Dispersed GlusterFS Volumes

    14:34

    Creating a Distributed Replicated GlusterFS Volume

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Geo-Replication

    12:56

    Working with GlusterFS Storage Volumes: Section Review

    10:00

    Working with GlusterFS Storage Volumes

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 4 7 Lessons Configuring Client Access to GlusterFS Volumes 2:07:22

    Introduction to Configuring Client Access to GlusterFS Volumes

    0:47

    Mounting GlusterFS Volumes

    14:31

    Mounting a GlusterFS Volume

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Configuring POSIX ACLs

    14:41

    Setting POSIX ACLs on a GlusterFS Volume

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Configuring Client Access to GlusterFS Volumes: Section Review

    7:23

    Configuring Client Access to GlusterFS Volumes

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 9 Lessons Managing GlusterFS 2:15:23

    Introduction to Managing GlusterFS

    0:48

    Start, Stop, and Delete GlusterFS Volumes

    6:00

    Configure GlusterFS Volume Options

    7:35

    Extending GlusterFS Volumes

    10:35

    Extending a GlusterFS Volume

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Shrinking GlusterFS Volumes

    12:42

    Replace a GlusterFS Brick

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Managing GlusterFS: Section Review

    7:43

    Managing GlusterFS

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 6 8 Lessons Monitoring and Troubleshooting GlusterFS 2:00:22

    Introduction to Monitoring and Troubleshooting GlusterFS

    0:42

    Monitoring GlusterFS

    13:16

    Monitor a GlusterFS Volume

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Common GlusterFS Issues

    10:40

    GlusterFS Split-Brain and BitRot

    12:02

    Replace a Failed Gluster Server

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Monitoring and Troubleshooting GlusterFS: Section Review

    8:42

    Monitoring and Troubleshooting GlusterFS

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 7 2 Lessons Conclusion 7:46

    Course Summary

    6:04

    Conclusion and What's Next

    1:42

What you will need

  • Familiarity with Linux

  • Comfortable working with block devices and filesystems

  • Understanding of parallel filesystems will be helpful

What you can expect

  • Learner will be able to install GlusterFS on at least one common operating system.

  • Learner will be able to configure and manage a simple configuration of GlusterFS.

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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