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On Nov 27, 2014 7:25 PM, "Tuomas Kuosmanen" <<a href="mailto:tigert@redhat.com">tigert@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > From: "Deepak Shetty" <<a href="mailto:dpkshetty@gmail.com">dpkshetty@gmail.com</a>><br>
> ><br>
> > IMHO, there are tons of ways you can install GlusterFS<br>
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> [ snipped good list of possibilities ]<br>
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> > and many more that i am sure i would have missed ( Just google)<br>
> ><br>
> > Point being, a real good guide should have all these different ways listed<br>
> > so that <a href="http://gluster.org">gluster.org</a> becomes a single place for people to look for anything<br>
> > related to gluster deployment!<br>
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> Yeah. Nothing beats good documentation.<br>
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> What would be good though, is to have a quick way to get Gluster running in<br>
> a fairly common and sensible scenario, so that the newcomer does not need to<br>
> master all the options and does not have to read the whole breadth of documentation<br>
> to get started.<br>
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> Having a smooth get started tutorial and having comprehensive documentation are<br>
> not exclusive at all, of course.<br>
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> We could just as well have an "adventure game" approach: A path you choose by<br>
> selecting certain scenarios and the end result is hopefully just the right<br>
> installation instructions for your needs.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Yeah, like a wizard, ask Qs ,eg. Install in vm or batemetal etc, then give rpm install or vagrant choice... Something like that<br>
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> > Again, we can just add links to these deployment specific pages or have<br>
> > someone invest time and effort in validating each one of these, putting<br>
> > proper instructions with screen shots for each deployment method and<br>
> > collating all these methods into a nice document that would be priceless<br>
> > for someone new and experienced with gluster deployment. After all its<br>
> > logical & expected for <a href="http://gluster.org">gluster.org</a> to have the best documentation for<br>
> > deploying gluster<br>
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> Yeah. I am usually fond of HOWTOs that deal with a certain scenario, that would<br>
> be one way to solve this.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Howtos are good too.<br>
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> But we need to have something to start with, we can expand it later. Right now<br>
> there's the directory listing of the file server when you click "Download".<br>
> That's a bit rough adventure for a newcomer :)<br>
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> We could start from your list of possible installation scenarios, if you can<br>
> write up a bit of explanation on each, maybe we can get folks draft the content<br>
> on the wiki and we will get a nice set of howto's..?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well i can talk high level abt each option, but don't have bandwidth to test each and document steps, if someone volunteers, i can help review the writeup</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks<br>
Deepak<br></p>
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> //Tuomas<br>
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