On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:08:54AM -0700, Jason Chang wrote:> 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?4.4.x and 4.3.x have "msdfs shuffle referrals" <description> <para>If set to <constant>yes</constant>, Samba will shuffle Dfs referrals for a given Dfs link if multiple are available, allowing for load balancing across clients. For more information on setting up a Dfs tree on Samba, refer to the MSDFS chapter in the Samba3-HOWTO book.</para> </description>
I see. I based my answer on a older distribution. 4.1.6. Thanks Jeremy for the info. On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:08:54AM -0700, Jason Chang wrote: > > 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? > > 4.4.x and 4.3.x have "msdfs shuffle referrals" > > <description> > <para>If set to <constant>yes</constant>, Samba will shuffle > Dfs referrals for a given Dfs link if multiple are available, > allowing for load balancing across clients. For more information > on setting up a Dfs tree on Samba, refer to the MSDFS chapter in > the Samba3-HOWTO book.</para> > </description> > >
Sorry for the late reply. Thank you Jason, Harald and Jeremy - your input helped me a lot :) Best wishes Tom On 29.04.2016 00:05, Jason Chang wrote:> I see. I based my answer on a older distribution. 4.1.6. Thanks Jeremy > for > the info. > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:08:54AM -0700, Jason Chang wrote: >> > 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? >> >> 4.4.x and 4.3.x have "msdfs shuffle referrals" >> >> <description> >> <para>If set to <constant>yes</constant>, Samba will shuffle >> Dfs referrals for a given Dfs link if multiple are available, >> allowing for load balancing across clients. For more >> information >> on setting up a Dfs tree on Samba, refer to the MSDFS chapter >> in >> the Samba3-HOWTO book.</para> >> </description> >> >>