Are there NFS/SAMBA directors ?

Hello,
I have a customer that wants create following environment, where:

pc clients mounts filesystems from nfs/samba servers
nfs/samba servers mounts the same volume from SAN array.
if any of these server fail, the client must to re-establish the nfs/samba
connection automatically and trasparently from another server.

I need to know if there are any hw/sw system working like webserver
directors.

Thanks to all
kind regards
Davide


PC_client PC_client
PC_client
___________|______________|______________|________ __________
LAN
/
\
/
\
/
\
NFS/SAMBA __________ NFS/SAMBA
Load Balancer Load
Balancer
|
|
__|___________________________|___
| lan switch
|
|________________________________|
| |
|
nfs/samba nfs/samba
nfs/samba
server server
server
\ |
/
\ |
/
Storage Array (Storage Area
Network)

In comp.os.linux.networking DavideD <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> Hello,
> I have a customer that wants create following environment, where:

> pc clients mounts filesystems from nfs/samba servers
> nfs/samba servers mounts the same volume from SAN array.
> if any of these server fail, the client must to re-establish the nfs/samba
> connection automatically and trasparently from another server.

> I need to know if there are any hw/sw system working like webserver
> directors.

You wouldn't want to use a "loadbalancer" just setup a LVS
cluster providing the services and use GFS on the SAN storage. Be
sure to exclude any single point of failure, you want to redundant
multipathing (hba) and bond nics over more then one switch.

[..]

Good luck

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Could someone do the work for me for me so I can get paid.

DavideD wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a customer that wants create following environment, where:
>
> pc clients mounts filesystems from nfs/samba servers
> nfs/samba servers mounts the same volume from SAN array.
> if any of these server fail, the client must to re-establish the nfs/samba
> connection automatically and trasparently from another server.
>
> I need to know if there are any hw/sw system working like webserver
> directors.
>
> Thanks to all
> kind regards
> Davide
>
>
> PC_client PC_client
> PC_client
> ___________|______________|______________|________ __________
> LAN
> /
> \
> /
> \
> /
> \
> NFS/SAMBA __________ NFS/SAMBA
> Load Balancer Load
> Balancer
> |
> |
> __|___________________________|___
> | lan switch
> |
> |________________________________|
> | |
> |
> nfs/samba nfs/samba
> nfs/samba
> server server
> server
> \ |
> /
> \ |
> /
> Storage Array (Storage Area
> Network)
>
>

In comp.os.linux.networking SEND NO SPAM <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> DavideD wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have a customer that wants create following environment, where:
>>
>> pc clients mounts filesystems from nfs/samba servers
>> nfs/samba servers mounts the same volume from SAN array.
>> if any of these server fail, the client must to re-establish the nfs/samba
>> connection automatically and trasparently from another server.
>>
>> I need to know if there are any hw/sw system working like webserver
>> directors.

> I always love these.

Like TOFU? ;-)

> I'm working as a consultant & can't do the job.

We don't know if he can, even if the nntp software doesn't
provide much evidence.

> Could someone do the work for me for me so I can get paid.

At least he's going to use Linux, maybe he can work it out from
the hints someone else has to offer. Dunno, Linux isn't that
difficult if you spend some time about it and like it. The fact
many people aren't running Linux on their desktop isn't a good
idea to get comfortable with it. From reading documents and using
putty there's not a big chance of getting good at it.

Good luck

[..]

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SEND NO SPAM wrote:

> I always love these.
> I'm working as a consultant & can't do the job.
> Could someone do the work for me for me so I can get paid.
>

I'm with you on that one. Dimes to doughnuts he's an h1b to boot. Probably
the guy that took my co-workers job....



> DavideD wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have a customer that wants create following environment, where:
>>
>> pc clients mounts filesystems from nfs/samba servers
>> nfs/samba servers mounts the same volume from SAN array.
>> if any of these server fail, the client must to re-establish the
>> nfs/samba connection automatically and trasparently from another server.
>>
>> I need to know if there are any hw/sw system working like webserver
>> directors.
>>
>> Thanks to all
>> kind regards
>> Davide
>>
>>
>> PC_client PC_client
>> PC_client
>> ___________|______________|______________
__________________
>> LAN
>> /
>> \
>> /
>> \
>> /
>> \
>> NFS/SAMBA __________ NFS/SAMBA
>> Load Balancer Load
>> Balancer
>> |
>> |
>> __|___________________________|___
>> | lan switch
>> |
>> |________________________________|
>> | |
>> |
>> nfs/samba nfs/samba
>> nfs/samba
>> server server
>> server
>> \ |
>> /
>> \ |
>> /
>> Storage Array (Storage Area
>> Network)
>>
>>

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