If you are referring single head server as the samba node, then have samba deployed on other server nodes and create a samba cluster using ctdb.
Regards, Poornima On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 8:31 PM Jim Laib <[email protected] wrote: > I'm using a single server (gluster client) to mount a gluster replicated > gluster cvolume using two servers. so the single server is acting as the > head to the gluster volume. My users access the cluster client head using > Samba. What I'm wondering is. what's the best way to insure continuity if > my single head server takes a nap? > And yes, I agree 3 is better and I plan to move down that path when I > reconfigure my system. > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 12:51 PM Nico van Royen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> What do you mean by a gluster 'client server' ? >> A node is either a server (running the glusterd and glusterfsd/brick >> processes), and you'd need at least 2 (3 is better, and the volume to be >> set as a replica-3) or a gluster client (uses the gluster-client to mount a >> volume from a gluster-cluster). >> You could of-course also run the 'client' on the actual gluster-server to >> mount to itself (wouldn't recommend that). >> >> Nico >> >> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- >> Van: "Jim Laib" <[email protected]> >> Aan: "gluster-users" <[email protected]> >> Verzonden: Vrijdag 8 februari 2019 17:04:45 >> Onderwerp: [Gluster-users] Client failover question >> >> I may have missed this in the documentation, but is there a way to make a >> Gluster client server redundant? I have several bricks setup being >> controlled by one cluster client server and if that server blows, there's >> quite a bit of rebuilding to do. So looking for a way to ovoid that. Any >> suggestions would be most appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
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