Shearing file systems on the network

[Serge Dubrouski]

1. NFS with softmounts.
2. DRBD
3. iSCSI + ClusterFS (OCSF2, GFS. etc...)

On Jan 24, 2008 10:22 AM, Peter Blajev <pblajev at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> I have 4 systems and each one of them has a partition I'd like to be remotely
> accessible on the other 3 systems.
>
> In other words System1 has Partition1. Systems 2,3,4 should be able to
> remotely mount Partition1 from System1. Also System2 has Partition2. Then
> systems 1,3,4 should be able to remotely mount Partition2 from System2 and so
> on.
>
> I tried NFS and it works but only in the ideal world. If one of the systems
> goes down the whole NFS cross-mounting makes the other systems somewhat
> unstable. It's a known issue and I believe you guys are aware of it but I
> just had to see it myself.
>
> What would you recommend? What is the best practice for doing that?
>
> Unfortunately SAN and NAS are not really an option due to some financial
> restructions. I'm thinking SMB...? Would that work?
>
> Thank you
> Peter
>
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Serge Dubrouski.