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On Wed, 13 May 2009 01:58:18 +0200 |
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Raph <gibboris@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Of course, and so sadly, there is not a penny... |
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> In order to make a network where any user can access |
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> his datas whatever the computer he uses, I'm thinking about |
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> the following kind of configuration : |
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> - Each client (one of the 20 computers) runs a MBD daemon |
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> which shares its HD to the server (the 21st) over the |
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> ethernet. |
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> - The "server" handle the 3.2TB in a volume group and |
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> create the logical volumes with LVM |
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> - The "server" also run a NFS daemon |
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> - Then each client can grab it's data through NFS. |
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> - happiness ... ? |
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> I never did such a setup but already see a couple of |
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> problems : |
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> - each client need some private HD space to, at least, |
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> boot enough to let the NBD daemon start. |
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> - $10 question : if 20 users login, will the ethernet |
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> be fast enough to support the load ? |
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While I've never had any chance to try distributed fs outside the |
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sandbox, it looks like a best solution in your case, providing both |
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speed and data redundancy. |
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Specifically, I mean AFS (there's a bit outdated guide on gentoo-wiki), |
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lustre and several other less-known projects like tahoe or pohmelfs. |
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http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe |
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http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/old/?section=projects&item=pohmelfs |
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Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net |
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