> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > isplist@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:52 PM > To: linux-cluster > Subject: Multiple Roots > > This might be a long shot but... is there a way of taking a > single GFS filesystem and creating multiple roots that only > certain machines in the cluster will see? > > I'm almost sure I read somewhere that there is a way to do > this. The reason is, > > I keep having to separate my storage up and I would much > rather maintain one large storage array (contiguous) and dole > out the space as needed to the various applications. > > That is an inherent part of fibre channel storage which is > what I'm using so assume it can be done with GFS. > > If I didn't explain some part correctly, by all means, just ask. > > Thanks much for any input on this. > > Mike > I think you might want cdsl's (context dependent symlinks). Have you worked with these before? Like: Move /etc to /a_node_name/etc and replace /etc with a symlink: ln -s /@hostname/etc /etc Then every node will insert it's hostname into the path and go to the right place for /etc. Chris -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster