[Linux-cluster] samba on gfs

[Filipe Miranda]

Just one question about running multiple samba servers using GFS....
You can have the same dada to be shared on multiple servers, but each samba
server will need a differente NETBIOS name on the network right?

So if I have a WindowsXP client machine, it will have to map 2(or more)
network paths to reach each samba server.

Am I correct? If so, how to address this issue so the user can have just one
network mapped drive accessing multiple samba servers(if necessary, if one
machine fails for example?)

Att.
Filipe Miranda

On 3/15/06, Marc Grimme <grimme at atix.de> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> we have some customers that have samba clusters with GFS running for a
> long
> time without problems. There are some things you need to take into account
> but nevertheless samba on GFS runs very well even when you export the same
> data via NFS.
> E.G. one customer runs a "active/active" Samba/NFS Cluster on GFS as ADS
> Member for about a year (up to 600 Users) without problems.
> I would say samba and GFS is a very nice combination.
> Regards Marc.
>
> On Wednesday 15 March 2006 07:30, Robert Ruge wrote:
> > 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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