[email protected] wrote on 12/30/2010 07:11:17 PM: > Hi All > > I'm hoping someone may be able to point me to a specific utility for > this problem. So far I haven't seen anything, so input is > appreciated. I know this is totally off topic so just pointers is fine. > > Problem is as follows.. > > I have a machine that creates sequencing data over a typical 10 > working days period of time. The machine writes to a data area and > then uses this data over the course of the experiment to analyse and > re-write files - we end up with a file around 0.5TB once it's all > done. The instrument -Windows - needs a CIFS share which is fine, > it writes to a samba share on a designated server. What I was hoping > to do was to split this so that data could go to two machines during > the course of the experiment bearing in mind that the write CIFS > folder is changing over the course of the two weeks continuously. > All suggestions would be most welcome.
you might check out glusterfs. http://gluster.org It can server out via CIFS and can be configured with multiple targets" in a volume so that it effectively. it might be a bit over kill, but was very easy to setup. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
