Hello, i'm trying to figure out some specific things about Samba DFS. 1. What is the ordering method of a DFS Share with multiple servers (e.g. msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb ; Source: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/msdfs.html)? With a Microsoft DFS i have 3 options regarding the target. (Targets in a client's site are listed first in a referral. Nevertheless i can choose between: Random order, Lowest cost, Exclude targets outside of the client's site). Is it possible to achieve something similar with a samba DFS? 2. DFSR within samba is "not yet implemented." - is there any timetable for it? 3. Is there a way to provide the dfs "links" directly under the servername, without the namespace? (e.g. \\sambadfs\here) In Windows this is possible with a "Workaround", the solution for that is a dfs consolidation root. (Source: http://virot.eu/setting-up-a-dfs-consolidation-root/) Any help is welcome - thank you very much in advance. Regards Tom
Am 28.04.2016 um 11:00 schrieb tell at posteo.de:> i'm trying to figure out some specific things about Samba DFS. > > 1. What is the ordering method of a DFS Share with multiple servers > (e.g. msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb ; Source: > https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/msdfs.html)? > With a Microsoft DFS i have 3 options regarding the target. (Targets in > a client's site are listed first in a referral. Nevertheless i can > choose between: Random order, Lowest cost, Exclude targets outside of > the client's site). Is it possible to achieve something similar with a > samba DFS? > > 2. DFSR within samba is "not yet implemented." - is there any timetable > for it? > > 3. Is there a way to provide the dfs "links" directly under the > servername, without the namespace? (e.g. \\sambadfs\here) > In Windows this is possible with a "Workaround", the solution for that > is a dfs consolidation root. > (Source: http://virot.eu/setting-up-a-dfs-consolidation-root/) > > Any help is welcome - thank you very much in advancewouldn't it be better to setup a redundant cluster FS like ceph on the backend storage and so have just a simple, large share from the viewpoint of samba? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/attachments/20160428/93a75d6c/signature.sig>
On 28.04.2016 11:16, Reindl Harald wrote:> Am 28.04.2016 um 11:00 schrieb tell at posteo.de: >> i'm trying to figure out some specific things about Samba DFS. >> >> 1. What is the ordering method of a DFS Share with multiple servers >> (e.g. msdfs:serverB\\share,serverC\\share linkb ; Source: >> https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/msdfs.html)? >> With a Microsoft DFS i have 3 options regarding the target. (Targets >> in >> a client's site are listed first in a referral. Nevertheless i can >> choose between: Random order, Lowest cost, Exclude targets outside of >> the client's site). Is it possible to achieve something similar with a >> samba DFS? >> >> 2. DFSR within samba is "not yet implemented." - is there any >> timetable >> for it? >> >> 3. Is there a way to provide the dfs "links" directly under the >> servername, without the namespace? (e.g. \\sambadfs\here) >> In Windows this is possible with a "Workaround", the solution for that >> is a dfs consolidation root. >> (Source: http://virot.eu/setting-up-a-dfs-consolidation-root/) >> >> Any help is welcome - thank you very much in advance > > wouldn't it be better to setup a redundant cluster FS like ceph on the > backend storage and so have just a simple, large share from the > viewpoint of samba?Good idea - but no, not possible (Legacy problems...).