[Samba] Samba4 Can we use two file-servers?

[Daniel Müller]

To have your data high available put it on a replicating GLUSTER vol
(glusterfs-as many Fileservers as you want).
Or replicate it with drbd master master (if 2 DCs are the limitation)

Good Luck
Daniel
 

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Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Im
Auftrag von steve
Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Juni 2012 12:23
An: samba at lists.samba.org
Betreff: Re: [Samba] Samba4 Can we use two file-servers?

On 26/06/12 11:54, Mike Howard wrote:
> On 26/06/2012 09:04, steve wrote:
>> Hi
>> We've just added a second DC to our domain, both DCs are Samba4
>>
>> DC1 is also the s3fs file server. If that goes down then so does the 
>> file-server. IOW, we can still authenticate via DC2 but we cannot do 
>> any work!
>>
>> What are my options here? Is it possible to sync the files to DC2 and 
>> use that in case of failure? Or maybe add a third box running smbd?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
> It depends on your needs. For me, I use a couple of arm plugs as PDC & 
> BDC for authentiaction and dns etc and file serve files from 
> elsewhere, also plugs. Where ever you serve files from, if that box 
> goes down you lose your data/file serving capability. You can use 
> (software or
> hardware) raid to provide redundancy for the disks and/or a complete 
> backup device for full HA.
>
Hi Mike
Sorry, my English is over 30 years old! Can you give me a one liner on plugs
and HA in a S4 context?

We'd like to have a spare box with a backup of the data to substitute the
DC/fileserver. What do you think about the possibility of syncing the data
over to the secondary DC along with a copy of smb.conf and using that when
the primary DC/fileserver goes down. Would the clients know to use the new
fileserver: thinking about Kerberos here.

Cheers
Steve
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