Quick Start

1. We assume a setup with four machines (replace the hostnames with your own addresses or hostnames):
   1. dir.xtreemfs.org running the directory service (DIR)
   2. mrc.xtreemfs.org running the metadata server (MRC)
   3. osd1.xtreemfs.org running a storage server (OSD)
   4. client.xtreemfs.org to mount the volume
2. Install the xtreemfs-server and xtreemfs-backend packages on the server machines. Install the xtreemfs-client, xtreemfs-tools and xtreemfs-backend packages on the client machine. For details see the single machine install & setup.
3. Set the correct DIR service address in the server configuration files (as root!):
   1. on mrc.xtreemfs.org edit /etc/xos/xreemfs/mrcconfig.properties and change the line dir_service.host = localhost to dir_service.host = dir.xtreemfs.org
   2. on osd1.xtreemfs.org edit /etc/xos/xreemfs/osdconfig.properties and change the line dir_service.host = localhost to dir_service.host = dir.xtreemfs.org
4. Start the servers as root:
   1. on dir.xtreemfs.org execute
      /etc/init.d/xtreemfs-dir start
   2. on mrc.xtreemfs.org execute
      /etc/init.d/xtreemfs-mrc start
   3. on osd1.xtreemfs.org execute
      /etc/init.d/xtreemfs-osd start
5. We can now create and mount the volume on the client machine client.xtreemfs.org:
   1. create the volume:
      mkfs.xtreemfs mrc.xtreemfs.org/myVolume
   2. create a mount point:
      mkdir ~/xtreemfs
   3. and mount the volume:
      mount.xtreemfs mrc.xtreemfs.org/myVolume ~/xtreemfs
6. to unmount the volume call
   fusermount -u ~/xtreemfs

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