On Mon, 31 May 2004 00:15:22 +0200, Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Not in real time with rsync, I suppose it should be fine running the >cron job every 15-30 minutes. There's not much changing data on the LTSP >server, so even once a hour would be enough. That really depends on what you are using LTSP to. In my scenario, people are always saving files in their homes, so if doesn't get sync'ed instantaneously, they might loose some data. >The goal is to present the >user with his environment on the other system. Case the server hw >breaks, the tc will probably only display the grey Window with the large >X. No. It might lock entirely, because NFS is mounted with locking. I'm exploring nolock option for NFS, so the user can press ENTER and the system reboots automatically. Also, since you are connecting your X to an external XDMCP (using -query) it won't even show the grey screen, because tc can't connect. This has been discussed on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Now, user switches off his tc and on again, in about 20 sec. he'll be >able to login again (on the second LTSP server) and find his environment. Yup, but not with rsync, unless you set it to cron, say, 5 minutes, or less. That causes overload. Albeit, 'unison' should be a better choice if you want to go with rsync.. >> People pay serious money for this functionality on proprietary >> systems... > >Yep, but then you are talking about shared cluster fs, there's GFS and >perhaps other. Albeit, for my purposes rsync (through ssh) will work fine. There are dozens of distributed filesystems. Some are looking at shared storage devices, some don't. I'm testing CODA, as it seems to do replication, which what I/we want. I've tried OpenAFS, but it's very difficult to install. - Nuno Tavares ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
