[Linux-cluster] is it possible an active-active NFS server?

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Mon Jun 28 10:23:36 UTC 2010


On 06/28/2010 11:11 AM, ESGLinux wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I´m going to mount an active-active file server and my first idea is to
> mount a NFS service with luci but now I have the doubt if is it
>  possible. with luci i have allways mounted Active-Passive services. So,
> my question is that.
>
> Any other aproach to get an Active-Active file Server?


Not with NFS, since NFS has no feature to have multiple servers/share. 
But there is no reason you can't connect half of the clients to the 
other server.

If you need client-side multi-homing, GlusterFS can do that.

Gordan




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