Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:12:24 +0100 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> To: Brian McCann <bjm1287@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FS Cluster? Message-ID: <3DFE0978.2000507@liwing.de> References: <000f01c2a51f$d3178b60$1500a8c0@dogbert>
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Brian McCann wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Jens Rehsack
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:20 AM
> To: Brian McCann
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: FS Cluster?
>
>
> Brian McCann wrote:
>
>>> Wondering if anyone can help me out. I'm looking for clustering
>>> software (?) that will allow me to take 3 PCs, each with a 20GB HD for
>>> example, and combine them to form one 60GB "disk" that could be
>>> mounted from a client, and appear as one big disk. I'd imagine I'd
>>> need some kind of a front end box that the clients would connect to.
>>> I'd also like, but not necessary, the way that it would distribute the
>>> data NOT to be something like RAID0, where part of the data is on one
>>> server, and part on another...so if one server in the cluster were to
>>> fail, the other data would still be accessible. Does anyone have ANY
>>> ideas on how this could be done, or what software I should look at?
>>> I've been told by some friends who are big RedHat fans that Beowulf
>>> could probably do this, but that's Linux based...and I'd rather stick
>>> with FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> --Brian
>>>
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> I'd recommend to write sth. about the client OS you plan to use. There
>> are some solutions out there, but the all are special.
>>
>> Jens
>
> What/who is sth? The clients will be a mix of mounts from DOS
> via Samba or Windows via Samba.
>
> Thanks,
> --Brian
>
Hi Brian, I recommend to take a look to the features of the upcoming
samba 3.0 which supports active directory services. AFAIK this allows
you to export some shares on different computers using one name, eg.
\\domain\share. But you need client support which is available from
microsoft.
Jens
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