Re: Distributed File System
considered nfs over kerberos? On 4/17/07, Pete Vickers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: try web DAV - works a treat for me on OpenBSD with linux, Mac & windows clients... /pete On 17 Apr 2007, at 2:28 AM, Rico Secada wrote: > Hi all. > > At work I am experiencing with setting up some distributed file > system, at the current moment working with NFS. The problem is that > it is being setup at work and people, from their homes, need to be > able to mount the system. > > I have no prior experience in this, except for setting up and using > NFS across a LAN. > > I would greatly appreciate any recommendations regarding security, > effectiveness and other advices! > > I have been thinking about tunneling NFS over SSH2, and possibly > using some kind of cache, but I do not know if this is actually the > best approach. I have also been thinking about using AFS as posted > before. > > Also perhaps, but not necessary, support for Windows could be > needed in the long run. > > What are you guys using and how is it setup? > > Best and kind regards! > > Rico. -- almir
Re: Distributed File System
try web DAV - works a treat for me on OpenBSD with linux, Mac & windows clients... /pete On 17 Apr 2007, at 2:28 AM, Rico Secada wrote: Hi all. At work I am experiencing with setting up some distributed file system, at the current moment working with NFS. The problem is that it is being setup at work and people, from their homes, need to be able to mount the system. I have no prior experience in this, except for setting up and using NFS across a LAN. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations regarding security, effectiveness and other advices! I have been thinking about tunneling NFS over SSH2, and possibly using some kind of cache, but I do not know if this is actually the best approach. I have also been thinking about using AFS as posted before. Also perhaps, but not necessary, support for Windows could be needed in the long run. What are you guys using and how is it setup? Best and kind regards! Rico.
Re: Distributed File System
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 02:28:29AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote: > Hi all. > > At work I am experiencing with setting up some distributed file > system, at the current moment working with NFS. The problem is that it > is being setup at work and people, from their homes, need to be able > to mount the system. > > I have no prior experience in this, except for setting up and using > NFS across a LAN. > > I would greatly appreciate any recommendations regarding security, > effectiveness and other advices! > > I have been thinking about tunneling NFS over SSH2, and possibly using > some kind of cache, but I do not know if this is actually the best > approach. I have also been thinking about using AFS as posted before. > > Also perhaps, but not necessary, support for Windows could be needed > in the long run. > > What are you guys using and how is it setup? What you are describing is not a distributed filesystem (runs on multiple hosts), just a network filesystem (can be mounted by multiple hosts, but runs on one) plus a VPN. IPsec or OpenVPN can provide the VPN; your choice of AFS (OpenAFS), NFS (nfsd), or CIFS (SAMBA) can provide the network filesystem. Each can be mounted from Windows, if need be. Joachim -- TFMotD: supfilesrv, supscan (8) - sup server processes
Distributed File System
Hi all. At work I am experiencing with setting up some distributed file system, at the current moment working with NFS. The problem is that it is being setup at work and people, from their homes, need to be able to mount the system. I have no prior experience in this, except for setting up and using NFS across a LAN. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations regarding security, effectiveness and other advices! I have been thinking about tunneling NFS over SSH2, and possibly using some kind of cache, but I do not know if this is actually the best approach. I have also been thinking about using AFS as posted before. Also perhaps, but not necessary, support for Windows could be needed in the long run. What are you guys using and how is it setup? Best and kind regards! Rico.
