> > We had the same issue. It seems like nss_ldap fails over > after a reasonable timeout, but applications like autofs will > take much longer. Also, if you have two servers and all of > your clients are configured to talk to them in the same order > (if server1 is down use server2), then server2 would be idle > until server1 is down. > > We use Piranha to get around this. This way we can count on > both servers being equally utilized and clients fail over > seamlessly (so seamless they don't even realize they've failed over). > > I don't know if this is the "prescribed" way of handling it, > but it works well for us. > Hi Steve, Thanks for the info and pointer. I'll do some digging and also have a look at Piranha. Thanks again Dan -- Dan Hawker Linux System Administrator PMS x5602 -- This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential and/or privileged information or information otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, do not copy this message or any attachments and do not use it for any purpose or disclose its content to any person, but delete this message and any attachments from your system. Astrium disclaims any and all liability if this email transmission was virus corrupted, altered or falsified. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astrium Limited, Registered in England and Wales No. 2449259 Registered Office: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS, England -- Fedora-directory-users mailing list Fedora-directory-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users
