[Linux-cluster] samba on gfs
Robert Ruge
robert at deakin.edu.au
Wed Mar 15 06:30:16 UTC 2006
I have had problems with samba running on just one node. It works for
a while and then samba just starts locking up.
Not a reccomended path if you ask me.
Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Birger Wathne
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 5:17
> To: linux clustering
> Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] samba on gfs
>
> Erling Nygaard wrote:
>
> > Birger
> >
> > The short story is that Samba keeps some state information
> internally.
> > So there are issues with keeping multiple Samba serves in sync.
> > The information in question is not synced to the underlying
> > filesystem, so GFS can't really do the job of keeping this info in
> > sync between the nodes.
> >
> > I am sure other people on the list can provide more details of the
> > problem and status of any progress :-)
>
> So... This means there is a problem only when you want to run
> multiple samba
> servers in a cluster? There should be no problem sharing the
> same GFS disk
> for one samba instance and one NFS instance running on
> separate nodes (or
> even on the same node during maintenance)?
>
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