[Samba] add a second file server for HA

[steve]

On Wed, 2014-07-02 at 08:52 -0500, Taylor, Jonn wrote:
> On 07/02/2014 08:30 AM, steve wrote:
> > 4.1.6 dual AD DC domain with a single 4.1.6 file server (fs)
> > Hi
> > We'd like to add another fail-over fs to our domain. Due to all the
> > conflicting (old?) documentation out there we would like to hear from
> > any user here who has implemented this _recently_. By implemented we
> > mean actually done it and are using it themselves. So,
> > 1. is it doable?
> > 2. could anyone list the acronyms we must use?
> > 3. has anyone who has it working written documentation for others?
> >
> > Any help most gratefully received and we promise that any information
> > leading to a successful implementation shall be documented in plain
> > English the moment testing has finished.
> > TIA,
> > Steve
> >
> >
> We run an HA cluster using pacemaker, samba 3.6, ctdb and drbd for many
> years. I have tested this from the samba wiki and it works. The only
> problem we had was smb2 in samba 4.x is very slow.
> 
> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_CTDB_GPFS_Cluster_HowTo
> 
Hi
That looks promising. Presumably, this is a cluster. There is no mention
of e.g. pacemaker to give failover. Is that something we need to add
ourselves?
Thanks,
Steve



> This is basis on our current setup. The only difference is we are using
> CentOS 6.
> 
> http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/drbd-users-guide.html
> http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-an-active-active-samba-ctdb-cluster-using-gfs-and-drbd-centos-5.5
> 
> Jonn
>