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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">we have to setup a Redhat cluster with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">wo node on an attached</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">shared</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">stora</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ge</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> system</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (Fibre Channel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> connection</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We would like to know if is possible to setup an NFS service clustered with load balancing</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We have to use</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> GFS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ile system</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sharing storadge data on both node</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, but have to setup GNBD also for exporting same file system to client network?</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We would like to see only one File server IP with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">only one</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">file shared list from client side</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.(see attch)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="it-ch"></SPAN><A NAME=""><SPAN LANG="it-ch"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Baesso Mirko - System Engineer</FONT></SPAN></A></P>

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