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Subject: Re: Fail-over SAN setup: ZFS, NFS, and ...?
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> Freddie Cash wrote:
>> [Not exactly sure which ML this belongs on, as it's related to both
>> clustering and filesystems.  If there's a better spot, let me know and
>> I'll
>> update the CC:/reply-to.]
>>
>> We're in the planning stages for building a multi-site, fail-over SAN
>> setup

Elliot Finley wrote:
> Why not take a look at gluster?

Quite interesting project - http://www.gluster.org/

But sadly:
http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/Whats_New_v2.0

[..]
Known Issues
Some known issues and pending activities stalled for upcoming releases.
   * Distribute translator: uses 64bit inode numbers, as FreeBSD doesn't
support 64bit inodes. Distribute is seen to not work on FreeBSD

--Kai.