[Linux-cluster] samba on gfs
Allyson - Listas
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Wed Mar 15 13:56:58 UTC 2006
Filipe,
I think, you can use LVS to load balance requests into servers and map
just one virtual ip at windows.
tks,
--
Allyson A. Brito
MSN: allysonbrito78 at hotmail.com
Filipe Miranda wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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>
> > > [mailto: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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>
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> Filipe T Miranda
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