Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Eduardo Grosclaude
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Clint Dilks > wrote: > >> Hello Everyone >> >> I work for a University Department that has a high number of Linux >> Desktop Users.  Currently we provide a users home directory via NFS >> from >> a file server.  Ge

Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Ross Walker
On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > Hello Everyone > > I work for a University Department that has a high number of Linux > Desktop Users. Currently we provide a users home directory via NFS > from > a file server. Generally it works well for us, but I have been > asked to >

Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 20:33, Clint Dilks wrote: > My initial research suggests that the only real alternative to NFS in > this context is ISCSI or perhaps the combination of ISCSI and GFS. iSCSI and GFS would be good if you have a small number of powerful and highly available nodes running