Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:30:07 +0100 (WEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Miguel_Gon=E7alves?= <miguelg@fe.up.pt> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: SMB server with failover node Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0304211119120.23847-100000@gnomo.fe.up.pt>
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Dear BSDers, I am going to install a FreeBSD 4.8 SMB server (using Samba) in a corporate environment. Due to the small number of clients on the network I will alocate 6 GB on the main server hard drive for those users. In this main server I have 2 hard drives configured as a RAID-1 Vinum device. What kind of graceful failures have users of Vinum noticed, i.e., can the server enter degraded mode using only one drive without much user intervention? Money is a concern but should I move to hardware RAID (with hot swap option) to prevent user intervention? I can only get near the machine at best in 3 or 4 hours (and the local users don't understand FreeBSD) but I will monitor the machine daily remotely. To better cope with failure of this server I am also installing a second FreeBSD box that has much more hard disk space and will sync those 6 GB of data every 15/30 minutes. What is the best way to mirror the data: rsync or dump? What if there are open files? Will rsync work? If the main server fails I can instruct the local staff to disconnect it from the network and execute a command at the backup server's console. This command would change the server's IP address and would start the Samba daemon. Any ideas for a better setup? Thanks for your time, Miguel Goncalves PS: Please CC me also.
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