[Gluster-users] Some advice

[Daniel Filipazzi]

I got a different answer from another fellow earlier, that's why i got
the wrong impression....

Best regards
Daniel Filipazzi

fre 2016-04-01 klockan 08:15 +0000 skrev Beard Lionel (BOSTON-STORAGE):
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe I misunderstood, but, sure, you will have failover with CTDB +
> glusterfs.
> Glusterfs allows you to have your shares replicated on several nodes,
> and CTDB manages VIP.
> If one node goes down, its VIP goes to another node, and shares are
> still accessible thanks to glusterfs.
> 
> But, as CIFS is a stateful protocol, maybe you can have some issues
> with opened documents during a failover...
> I have never tested CTDB with CIFS shares, only with NFS, and it is
> working nicely (but NFS is stateless)!
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Lionel BEARD
> 
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> Envoyé : vendredi 1 avril 2016 09:27
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> Objet : [Gluster-users] Some advice
> 
> Hi guys!
> I need some advice
> We need a solution were we can write to multiple servers at once
> through a single write point (samba based). I thought that glusterfs
> and ctdb would be the answer but ctdb does not provide fail over, as
> its not possible to write to a share when once node goes down.
> Is there any other way to go about this?
> I want to guarantee the up time for the samba shares we provide
> today.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> --
> Daniel Filipazzi
> Division of Oncology
> Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund
> Lund University Cancer Center/Medicon Village
> Building 404:B3 Scheelevägen 2
> SE-223 81 Lund
> Sweden
> 
> Email: Daniel.filipazzi at med.lu.se
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