Re: [openstack-dev] Swift global cluster replication latency...

2014-08-19 Thread Shyam Prasad N
Hi Clay, Thanks for the reply. I'm just experimenting with this feature in between two server machines at different locations. I'm not looking for synchronous replication in between the sites. Asynchronous replication is fine. It would be nice if the asynchronous replication were to happen at pred

Re: [openstack-dev] Swift global cluster replication latency...

2014-08-18 Thread Clay Gerrard
Correct, best-effort. There is no guarantee or time boxing on cross-region replication. The best way to manage cross site replication is by tuning your replica count to ensure you have primary copies in each region - eventually. Possibly evaluate if you need write_affinity at all (you can always