[Samba] Samba Replication

[Ryan Novosielski]

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Steve Francia wrote:
> Hello, I have the following situation:
> 
> I have two offices, which both require local speed access to their file
> shares. Currently there is a single windows server that provides network
> shares to both offices, the remote one through a vpn.
> 
> I have used Samba since the early days, and am quite familiar with it's
> capabilities and limitations, however I have never tried to perform
> replication with it.
> 
> My current plan, which certainly has some limitations is to take 2 samba
> servers, put one in each office. Rsync the two every half an hour. This will
> provide redundancy and solve the major problem at hand, but will introduce
> new problems.
> 
> 30 minutes is too long, and users may work on the same file simultaneously
> resulting in a conflict and changes lost.
> 
> Has anyone approached this problem before?
> What replication options work well with the current stable build of samba?
> Is there any way to replicate when a file is locked, so the user will get
> the warning that the file is locked?
> 
> Any feedback would be helpful, even if it is a link.

This is relevant here, yes?
http://ctdb.samba.org/

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