samba - Jul 2009 - Sharing same directory with Samba and NFS

This topic seems to rear its head every now and then, but I can't seem to
get a definitive answer

I'm running a single RHEL5 server that is currently serving out home
directories and a public share via Samba. My Linux desktop clients would
like to access these same shares via NFS. So, the age-old question, is it
possible or am I looking at a lifetime of pain and corrupted data?

I will eventually be running a cluster of 3 servers, one running Samba, one
running NFS and one as a standby.

I've read that "it's possible but....." nothing really
specific.

>I'm running a single RHEL5 server that is currently serving out home
>directories and a public share via Samba. My Linux desktop clients would
>like to access these same shares via NFS. So, the age-old question, is it
>possible or am I looking at a lifetime of pain and corrupted data?
>
>I will eventually be running a cluster of 3 servers, one running Samba, one
>running NFS and one as a standby.
>
>I've read that "it's possible but....." nothing really
specific.
Hi.

I can only speak anecdotally, but we've been using Samba to serve
filesystems to Windows clients from a Solaris server while simultaneously
sharing the same filesystems to other Solaris, AIX and Linux boxes using NFS for
over ten years without any issues.

JR