Yes, I saw that they are different I was just willing to test something similar. Actually, I'm searching for a Samba feature that allow transparent failover, or continuos availablity in a cluster setup (Samba + ctbd + gluster) Based on the following link my understanding is that such feature is not currently available in Samba: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SMB3_kernel_status#Durable_handle_cross-node Is my understanding correct? Regards Andrea Cucciarre' On 12/12/2019 12:05 PM, Ralph Boehme wrote:> Am 12/12/19 um 12:00 PM schrieb Andrea Cucciarre': >> thanks for the info. >> I have find out that "durable handles" should be available in Samba >> 4.11, and actually it seems to recognize the share option: >> >> durable handles = yes > durable handles != persistent handles > > -slow >
Am 12/12/19 um 12:27 PM schrieb Andrea Cucciarre':> Yes, I saw that they are different I was just willing to test something > similar. > Actually, I'm searching for a Samba feature that allow transparent > failover, or continuos availablity in a cluster setup (Samba + ctbd + > gluster)that feature is persistent handles With durable handles you basically only get protection against brief network outages between server and client. But if the server dies, you're doomed.> Based on the following link my understanding is that such feature is not > currently available in Samba: > >https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SMB3_kernel_status#Durable_handle_cross-node That talks about the Linux kernel SMB *client*. -slow -- Ralph Boehme, Samba Team https://samba.org/ Samba Developer, SerNet GmbH https://sernet.de/en/samba/ GPG-Fingerprint FAE2C6088A24252051C559E4AA1E9B7126399E46
Thanks Ralph, This is what I needed Regards Andrea Cucciarre' On 12/12/2019 1:11 PM, Ralph Boehme wrote:> Am 12/12/19 um 12:27 PM schrieb Andrea Cucciarre': >> Yes, I saw that they are different I was just willing to test something >> similar. >> Actually, I'm searching for a Samba feature that allow transparent >> failover, or continuos availablity in a cluster setup (Samba + ctbd + >> gluster) > that feature is persistent handles > > With durable handles you basically only get protection against brief > network outages between server and client. But if the server dies, > you're doomed. > >> Based on the following link my understanding is that such feature is not >> currently available in Samba: > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/SMB3_kernel_status#Durable_handle_cross-node > > That talks about the Linux kernel SMB *client*. > > -slow >