Andrew McGill wrote: > I am considering running encfs over glusterfs so that I can include insecure > boxes in the storage backend for our backups running rdiff-backup. Actually, > I would prefer the crypto to be done in glusterfs, but I understand that's a > little way off. > > Does anyone use this arrangement -- and are there any gotchas? > > I routinely run encfs over NFS as a mechanism to backup sensitive data to servers under other groups control. It enables us to share disk resource without giving away data access. It works well, but earlier on I did have issues with the server crashing due to fuse/kernel bugs. In your situation, you would be running a fuse filesystem over another fuse filesystem. Giving my experience, I would be concerned there may be some other bugs to contend with. However I have no direct experience with that, so give it a go and find out! :-) -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1
