From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 15 12:45:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66BF616A4DA for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:45:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bra@fsn.hu) Received: from people.fsn.hu (people.fsn.hu [195.228.252.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E636C43D5F for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:45:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bra@fsn.hu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by people.fsn.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 570AD84453; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:45:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from people.fsn.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (people.fsn.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 57999-07; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:44:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (unknown [192.168.2.3]) by people.fsn.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FF384452; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:44:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44E1C1C4.5030407@fsn.hu> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:44:52 +0200 From: Attila Nagy User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060731) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Candler References: <200608141555.k7EFthXw092647@lurza.secnetix.de> <44E0C450.8050602@fsn.hu> <20060815122533.GB89848@uk.tiscali.com> In-Reply-To: <20060815122533.GB89848@uk.tiscali.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at fsn.hu Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Redundant/failover NFS servers - stale NFS file handle X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:45:16 -0000 On 08/15/06 14:25, Brian Candler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 08:43:28PM +0200, Attila Nagy wrote: >>> We use NetApp Filer clusters (NAS) for that purpose. >>> They aren't cheap, but they work very well. >> I don't like blackboxes with nice GUIs. :) > They have a command-line interface too :) Seriously, these are really > excellent devices. I know, but I would like to solve this problem without buying (or using our existing) NAS boxes. >> I can solve this problem with Linux > How? With a shared filesystem of course. BTW, I'm much more interested in the Solaris NFS failover mode now. Any chance that the NFS guys can take a look at it? It's a pretty old feature and can be very useful in any scenarios, where RO NFS mounts are enough. Thanks, -- Attila Nagy e-mail: Attila.Nagy@fsn.hu Free Software Network (FSN.HU) phone: +3630 306 6758 http://www.fsn.hu/