[SM-USERS] Re: Clustering

2003-03-07 Thread David R.
Dear Matt: Yes, the NAS device supports many different kinds of file sharing protocols, including NFS and SMB. The setup procedure should take no more than 10-15 minutes, which includes plugging the device in and setting basic configuration. Then, file sharing will be available for use by your

[SM-USERS] Re: Clustering

2003-03-03 Thread David R.
Dear Matt: It's an NAS device. (Network Attached Storage). It's like an ultra-redundant very stable network appliance for storage, comes with an embedded OS for sharing files across many protocols and managing the device, and is connected to other machines through a LAN. Try http://www.google.

[SM-USERS] Re: Clustering

2003-03-03 Thread David R.
Dear Matt: You can find the FIA POPNETSERVER 4500 here: http://www.computergiants.com/items/cat_1.asp?category=87&cid=NAS%20STORAGE Notice also that a simple search and pricewatch.com should turn up several merchants. Hope this helps! David Rusenko Matt wrote: David, Do you have a source fo

[SM-USERS] Re: Clustering

2003-03-01 Thread David R.
Dear Matt: There are a lot of different options for clustering, including without a "backend" as you call it. Many times you might use a utility such as "rsync" to keep the devices sync'ed near real-time. However, if you use qmail, you will run into some problems. As far as I know, qmail does not

[SM-USERS] Re: Clustering

2003-02-28 Thread Matt Hoppes
I could do that... except that that doesn't sync them. To have 2 machines doing load balancing they need to be able to sync up their files every now and then.. I don't know.. maybe it's not possible to do without a backend. -- Matt Hoppes ChiliTech Internet Solutions Network Operation Center (5