Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:58:13 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: md device backing files on nfs mounts? Message-ID: <380986F7-B6AA-4F66-88FE-722D45E1AC80@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <44oe62zizr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <67F3ED9B-5977-41E1-BABE-F4F17399EAF6@shire.net> <44oe62zizr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> writes: > > >> Can the files that back an md device be resident on an nfs mount? >> >> I run some jails with each having its own root based on an md >> device. >> I am thinking of having a backend nfs server have all the storage >> and >> serve it to various front end servers. If one front end server went >> down I could easily bring it up on another one. Kind of poor-man's >> redundancy >> > > How do you get the NFS mount before you have a root? Just the jails would be on md devices on the nfs mounted filesystem. Ie, main computer boots normally, mounts nfs filesystem, then mounts md devices backed by files on the nfs fielsystem Chad > Also, I suspect the permissions might be a little tricky... > > Some kind of netbooting might work. > --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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