[ale] linux VM & iscsi array

[Lightner, Jeff]

If you're sharing it out from a Linux (or UNIX) system I *think* you can share it both as NFS and as CIFS using Samba.   Have the Linux/Apple (which has a UNIX kernel behind the scenes) use the NFS share and the Windoze clients use the CIFS share. I haven't done this myself so don't know what kind of file locking issues (or lack thereof) you might run into if the same file is being modified simultaneously on an NFS mount and a CIFS mount.   Since you say it is for home directories I'm guessing the individual home directories won't be accessed simultaneously as you seemed to indicate previously your users have either Windoze, Linux or Apple but not two of the three (or all three).

If locking becomes an issue then yes use CIFS and Samba mounts on the Linux/Apple clients and native Windoze mounts on the windoze clients.





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Michael Trausch
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 1:48 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] linux VM & iscsi array

On 09/08/2011 01:35 PM, John Heim wrote:
> Are you suggesting I automount linux user's home directories via smb instead
> of nfs?

I haven't actually used it (yet), but there is a POSIX extension to CIFS
which might prove to be useful.  Normally, CIFS filesystems don't
support POSIX permissions, which is problematic especially when using it
for a home directory... the POSIX extension to it might help.  Note that
both the CIFS server and client have to be able to use the extension.

        --- Mike

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