[Linux-cluster] GFS Implementation Question

[Birger Wathne]

Robert Ruge wrote:

> I have two questions about implementing a GFS cluster for NFS and
> samba failover:
> 
> 1. Should one mount the GFS filesystem through the cluster software or
> through fstab. It would appear to me that you could mount the GFS
> filesystem through fstab and just have the NFS and samba services
> through the cluster manager so that one could move the service but
> still have access to the underlying filesystem. Pros and Cons?

The cluster software gives gfs file systems a special treatment. They don't 
get umounted when a service moves away. So when you migrate a service you 
still have the file systems even if you let the cluster sw handle the mounting.

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birger