Using gdeploy to create a 1x3 Gluster Volume -------------------------------------------- To create 1*3 gluster volume we would need three bricks which may or may not be on the same machine. It is recommended that these three bricks reside on different machines. **Step 1:** Create the following configuration file:: [hosts] 10.70.43.127 10.70.42.190 10.70.42.232 [backend-setup] devices=/dev/vdb vgs=1_3_gluster pools=pool1 lvs=lv2 mountpoints=/mnt/data1 brick_dirs=/mnt/data1/1 [peer] manage=probe [volume] action=create volname=volume1 replica=yes replica_count=3 force=yes [clients] action=mount volname=volume1 hosts=192.168.122.19 fstype=glusterfs client_mount_points=/mnt/client_mount **Step 2:** Save the file by giving it some name e.g. '1_3_volume.conf'. Invoke gdeploy and run the file using:: $gdeploy -c 1_3_volume.conf **Step 3:** Check whether a gluster volume has been created by running the below command:: $gluster vol info .. image:: images/volume_info.png **Step 4:** Now you can start writing to the volume using your client machine (192.168.122.19 in our case) by traversing to the path you have mentioned under "client_mount" using the following command:: $ sudo touch f1 f2 f3 This command will create three files under the directory /mnt/client_mount You can also check whether the files have been created and replicated thrice inside the directory ``/mnt/data1/1`` on the remote nodes by running the command:: $ ls .. image:: images/1x3_vol.png We can see that the files have been successfully replicated on all the three nodes.