[Gllug] distributed filesystems linux <-> solaris

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:01:24PM +0100, Andy Farnsworth wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> > NFS isn't really distributed (in that there's only one server with
> data 
> > on it). However, if you're looking at NFS, what about SMB/CIFS
> (samba)? 
> > Does Solaris support this?
> 
> David,
>   First, yes, Solaris will support using Samba (SMB) provided you
> install the SMB packages.  Second, SMB/CIFS is not a distributed file
> system, it is exactly like the NFS in this respect.

Okay, this is my fault - I never should have put nfs in under the heading
"distributed file system"!! My bad.

Whilst we are on the subject of DFS (just about), has anyone used one
they like for linux?

Ben
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