Brad, There are some gotcha's running Samba on top of a cluster, but most of those have been addressed. Here's what you need to know: - Samba has to translate a lot of metadata between Posix and Windows semantics. We're talking about everything from file names to locking and sharing modes. Samba keeps the translated metadata in databases that are shared by all Samba processes on a single machine. Until recently, those databases were not sharable across a cluster (locking issues) so running Samba on multiple cluster nodes was risky. - If the load is light, and the chance of collision small, you can run Samba that way. People have done it, and still do it, even in production environments. - Recently, some of the Samba Team folk (Tridge, Ronnie, I think Volker did some work as well) created a clustered database (CTDB) that does work in a clustered environment. The *right* way to run Samba on top of GFS is with CTDB. CTDB is still fairly new, but I believe it is being tested on GFS. Others on this list probably know more... Chris -)----- Brad Filipek wrote: > I am suprised to find little documentation on setting up a samba share > on my RHEL cluster. I have two RHEL5 boxes running cluster suite. I want > to share out a few directories via samba to the Windows workstations on > my network. However, in the Cluster Configuration screen, it only shows > "Name" and "Workgroup" in the Samba Service conifg screen. How do I > setup my samba shares properly to work with cluster suite? > > Thanks, > Brad Filipek > > *_Confidentiality Notice: _*This message is intended for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure > under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. > > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately by email reply or by telephone and immediately delete this > message and any attachments. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- "Implementing CIFS - the Common Internet FileSystem" ISBN: 013047116X Samba Team -- http://www.samba.org/ -)----- Christopher R. Hertel jCIFS Team -- http://jcifs.samba.org/ -)----- ubiqx development, uninq. ubiqx Team -- http://www.ubiqx.org/ -)----- crh@xxxxxxxxxxxx OnLineBook -- http://ubiqx.org/cifs/ -)----- crh@xxxxxxxxx -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
