I have had problems with samba running on just one node. It works for a while and then samba just starts locking up. Not a reccomended path if you ask me. Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birger Wathne > Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2006 5:17 > To: linux clustering > Subject: Re: samba on gfs > > Erling Nygaard wrote: > > > Birger > > > > The short story is that Samba keeps some state information > internally. > > So there are issues with keeping multiple Samba serves in sync. > > The information in question is not synced to the underlying > > filesystem, so GFS can't really do the job of keeping this info in > > sync between the nodes. > > > > I am sure other people on the list can provide more details of the > > problem and status of any progress :-) > > So... This means there is a problem only when you want to run > multiple samba > servers in a cluster? There should be no problem sharing the > same GFS disk > for one samba instance and one NFS instance running on > separate nodes (or > even on the same node during maintenance)? > > -- > birger > > -- > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
