On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 15:15, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > > Okay, someone tell me this makes sense, and is possible...please. > > I have three servers that are all reachable on the net (they need to > be, they're public machines.) Out of the three, one of them acts as a > backup server for the other two - they dump files to it which then gets > dumped to tape. However, these machines sit on two separate ports on > our router, and even on different subnets. Consequently, whenever I > transfer files across them, it's rather inefficient, going out the > router then back in on the other subnet / port. Now, since the physical > machines are sitting right next to one another, I thought I may be able > to do the following: > > - Drop an additional NICs in the backup server, configured with a > private IP > - Drop an additional NIC in each of the other two servers, > configured with private IPs > - Put all these machines on a separate HUB or Switch > - NFS export the backup partitions from the backup server to these > private IPs, and mount them on the other two machines. > > Theoretically I am now writing to the backup server through the > private network as opposed to going through the router...yes? Did I > forget anything? Is my logic flawed somewhere? Will the normal flow of > traffic (with valid, public IPs) be interfered with at any point? Will > packets start getting confused and not know what device to use? > > --
Should work like a dream as long as you refer to the machines by thier pricvate ip addresses or a diffent hostname set up in dns or hosts file.If you are rich in nics but poor on hubs I guess you could put two extra nics in the backup box and use xover cables to connect the two other machines to it directly. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
