Hi all, If I have a linux server running samba for filesharing and I use NFS to make these shares available on another linux server that also runs samba to share the same shares will the locking still work properly? I can use this to get around an issue with multiple authentication domains and I suspect NFS is less chatty than SMB anyway so will mean a peformance win as well across the WAN. Can you see any other problems with this setup? TIA, Greg
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/19/2006 12:49 AM, Greg Lehmann escreveu:> Hi all, > If I have a linux server running samba for filesharing and I use NFS to > make these shares available on another linux server that also runs samba > to share the same shares will the locking still work properly?Hmmm, I don't think so. The locks are not in the share itself. Samba keeps it in another place (.tdb files). You can check the "clustered samba" on the wiki, it maybe has some nice tips on this topic: wiki.samba.org/index.php/Clustered_Samba> I can use this to get around an issue with multiple authentication > domains and I suspect NFS is less chatty than SMB anyway so will mean a > peformance win as well across the WAN. > > Can you see any other problems with this setup? > > TIA, > GregI hope this helps. Kind regards, - -- Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe@paranacidade.org.br> Coordenadoria de Tecnologia da Informa??o (CTI) - SEDU/PARANACIDADE paranacidade.org.br Phone: (+55 41 3350 3300) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFD/hxCj65ZxU4gPQRAgGgAKC3Ngmd7zjb2EzanuIW2dgaGgm61wCgnO1Y fstO0M+iAtPbhqYAWcQQWLQ=+Tsn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
hi, i think this is one reason why "kernel oplocks" has been integrated but i?m not sure if this always works 100%. greez Greg Lehmann wrote:> Hi all, > If I have a linux server running samba for filesharing and I use NFS to > make these shares available on another linux server that also runs samba > to share the same shares will the locking still work properly? > > I can use this to get around an issue with multiple authentication > domains and I suspect NFS is less chatty than SMB anyway so will mean a > peformance win as well across the WAN. > > Can you see any other problems with this setup? > > TIA, > > Greg-- Michael Gasch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Department of Human Evolution (IT Staff) Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig Germany Phone: 49 (0)341 - 3550 137 49 (0)341 - 3550 374 Fax: 49 (0)341 - 3550 399