On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:04 AM Lars Täuber <taeuber@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't have samba experiences. Isn't the installation and administration of a samba server just for one "share" overkill? Check out our software, you can deploy a pair of highly available Samba servers with just a few clicks: https://croit.io/croit-virtual-demo >From experience: I've used Windows + Ceph with both Samba and iSCSI for backup systems. iSCSI has a few restrictions related to persistent group reservations which can be a problem (but not an issue for backup setups, usually), Samba is more compatible. If you have experience with neither iSCSI nor Samba and you only need a simple setup, then go for Samba. It's easier to configure for simple setups and you'll find lots of example that work out-of-the box. The minimum example is just mounting CephFS somewhere and re-exporting it with Samba and not setting up Samba clustering. That's super easy. If you need high availability or the Ceph VFS then the initial config can be somewhat tricky (iSCSI HA is easier) Paul -- Paul Emmerich Looking for help with your Ceph cluster? Contact us at https://croit.io croit GmbH Freseniusstr. 31h 81247 München www.croit.io Tel: +49 89 1896585 90 > > Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:36:31 +0100 > "Marc Roos" <M.Roos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ==> ceph-users <ceph-users@xxxxxxx>, taeuber <taeuber@xxxxxxx> : > > Via smb, much discussed here > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: 13 February 2020 09:33 > > To: ceph-users@xxxxxxx > > Subject: Ceph and Windows - experiences or suggestions > > > > Hi there! > > > > I got the task to connect a Windows client to our existing ceph cluster. > > I'm looking for experiences or suggestions from the community. > > There came two possibilities to my mind: > > 1. iSCSI Target on RBD exported to Windows > > 2. NFS-Ganesha on CephFS exported to Windows > > > > Is there a third way exporting a ceph cluster to a windows machine? > > > > I have some experiences with CephFS. We have a small cluster > > successfully running for linux clients. I don't have experiences with > > RBD or iSCSI. > > > > The Windows machine will use the space for backups. The kind of data is > > unknown. I expect the data to be a MS-SQL dump and user data from a > > sharepoint system. The Windows admin does not care whether NFS or iSCSI > > is used. > > > > I'd be happy if some of you could share experiences. > > > > Thanks > > Lars > > _______________________________________________ > > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx > > > > > > > -- > Informationstechnologie > Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften > Jägerstraße 22-23 10117 Berlin > Tel.: +49 30 20370-352 http://www.bbaw.de > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list -- ceph-users@xxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to ceph-users-leave@xxxxxxx
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