Managing Clusters

A cluster is a group of linked computers, working together closely thus in many respects forming a single computer. Gluster Management Console enables you to create, register and select cluster.

Cluster Summary

The console enables you to monitor your cluster resources from the Summary tab. To display the summary of your cluster, click the cluster node from the left pane of the console window. The summary of the selected cluster is displayed in the right pane of the console window.

Cluster Summary

After you log into the application successfully, you will be prompted to:

Selecting a Cluster: The cluster you will manage in the login session.
Creating a Cluster: Creating an empty cluster that can be expanded using the console.
Registering a Cluster: Registering an existing cluster and start managing it through the console.