Hi<div> we use CNFS for NFS, and ctdb for samba with no problems. However if I had my time again I'd probably just run with ctdb as the reports of it are good and there is no point running two applications when one will do.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 December 2012 11:38, Vic Cornell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:viccornell@gmail.com" target="_blank">viccornell@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've used cNFS and we are installing it at Welcome Trust in Oxford.<br>
<br>
It seems well integrated and the failover works pretty well - subject to Orlando's reservations about heartbeats.<br>
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Vic Cornell<br>
<a href="mailto:viccornell@gmail.com">viccornell@gmail.com</a><br>
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On 5 Dec 2012, at 12:31, Orlando Richards <<a href="mailto:orlando.richards@ed.ac.uk">orlando.richards@ed.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi Chris,<br>
><br>
> Bristol use CNFS - I've cc'd Bob (who might not be on the gpfsug-discuss list).<br>
><br>
> For what it's worth - we use CTDB for NFS as well as CIFS, and are happy enough with it, but we've not compared it to CNFS in anger.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Orlando<br>
><br>
> On 03/12/12 17:19, McLaughlin, Sandra M wrote:<br>
>> Hi Chris,<br>
>><br>
>> I wasnt in Liverpool last week but I am currently using CNFS on top<br>
>> of GPFS. It seems to work OK, but I am not exactly pushing it, and I<br>
>> have not rigorously tested the failover (I am only using it for a couple<br>
>> of test scratch areas at the moment). It was very easy to setup (except<br>
>> that since we do not run the DNS here at AZ, we couldnt get a round<br>
>> robin DNS entry setup, so we have to explicitly point clients at one of<br>
>> the servers).<br>
>><br>
>> When I asked a couple of questions about CNFS at the GPFS users meeting<br>
>> at Daresbury earlier this year, there were people who were using it, but<br>
>> it seemed to me that the general consensus was that people preferred<br>
>> using CTDB to get highly-available NFS and CIFS serving. I am just about<br>
>> to take delivery of a new V7000 and new NSDs, so I plan to try out CTDB<br>
>> with this.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards, Sandra.<br>
>><br>
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>> Something I should have asked there but forgot is: has anyone tried CNFS<br>
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