My experience comes from a similar project: A Linux LVS cluster, where Apache::ASP enabled servers all draw their session data from an NFS mounted directory. I had my reservations too, but after extensive testing, everything seemed OK. The system is in production for about 2 months now and not a single flaw has surfaced. Make sure your NFS mount options are good and provide solid ground for sharing. Mine, working so far are (snip from /etc/fstab all in a single line of course). ------------------------------------------------ nfsip:/opt/shared/var/state /var/state nfs rw,hard,intr,udp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,auto 0 0 ------------------------------------------------ Make sure rpc.lockd is running and functional (a simple perl script with FLOCK,LOCK_EX is enough to test it)
In particular, pay attention to the mount option ``hard''. Without it, lots of strange events took place (the contents of /var/state lost being one of them). Lots more of helpful info on http://nfs.sourceforge.net/ Thanos Chatziathanassiou --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
