Thanks Daniel, I did have a look at that option and it now I looked harder it is an excellent solution!
Basically Glusterfs will replicate the file storage. Glusterfs looks straight forward enough to setup: http://www.howtoforge.com/high-availability-storage-with-glusterfs-3.2.x-on-centos-6.3-automatic-file-replication-mirror-across-two-storage-servers On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 6:08 PM, L.P.H. van Belle <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm voting for... > Daniel is going make a nice example/howto howto do this. ;-)) > i've seen him talking a lot about this, but howto setup this... > I like to know.. > > ;-) > > Gr. > > Louis > > >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > >Van: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] Namens Daniel Müller > >Verzonden: vrijdag 1 maart 2013 8:09 > >Aan: 'C Waddy'; 'Greg Sloop' > >CC: [email protected] > >Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication > > > >Use glusterfs. > > > >And samba4 in replication mode. > > > >Good Luck > > > > > >----------------------------------------------- > >EDV Daniel Müller > > > >Leitung EDV > >Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus > >Paul-Lechler-Str. 24 > >72076 Tübingen > > > >Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499 > >eMail: [email protected] > >Internet: www.tropenklinik.de > >----------------------------------------------- > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >Von: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] Im > >Auftrag von C Waddy > >Gesendet: Freitag, 1. März 2013 07:19 > >An: Greg Sloop > >Cc: [email protected] > >Betreff: Re: [Samba] samba4 PDC to BDC file replication > > > >Hi Greg, > > > >Thanks for the info, its a tough one. I was hoping the msdsf > >would replicate > >data but it appears it doesnt appear to or am i missing something? > > > >I used a program in the past called File replication pro on > >Suse/novell and > >it worked. I haave emailed their support and asked if it will > >work in our > >situation. > > > >I am going to give it a go in the Samba4 test environment over > >the weekend, > >ill let you know if it works. > > > >On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Gregory Sloop <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> CW> I have built two samba4 boxes, one as a PDC and the as a DC, all > >> working > >> CW> perfectly. If I create a user through the mmc snapin > >then turn off > >> CW> the > >> PDC, > >> CW> I can still login to the domain using the DC which is great. The > >> problem is > >> CW> their files and ntfs permissions on BDC. > >> > >> CW> I have assigned user and group rights using windows explorer to > >> CW> certain folders, i.e granted user1 full permissions to > >that folder > >> > >> CW> The problem I have is trying to replicate/snc the users > >data/files > >> from PDC > >> CW> to DC whilst keeping the NTFS permissions that have been set. > >> CW> Rysnc > >> doesnt > >> CW> seem to keep the ntfs permissions > >> > >> CW> The reason for this is if the PDC goes down, user logs on using > >> CW> the DC > >> and > >> CW> can access their files which have retained their files and > >permissions. > >> > >> CW> Is there some way to achieve this? > >> > >> I'm in the same boat, and I'm only aware of two possibilities. > >> > >> 1) Robocopy - using a Windows client. > >> BUT Robocopy doesn't do file deltas - changed files are copied in > >> their entirety. Which isn't a problem if you don't have large > >> files. But if you've got a 10G file that changes often, then this > >> probably isn't the best alternative. > >> > >> 2) http://www.bvckup.com/support/ [Bvckup] > >> This also appears to be a Windows utility, but does handle file > >> delta's. I have never used this tool and so can't vouch > >for it in any > >> way. > >> > >> If you find a functional solution, that preferably can be > >used on the > >> two Linux/Samba boxes to do file-deltas and still maintain the > >> permissions - that would be best. > >> > >> One other option that might work: > >> Rsync the data, and use robocopy to simply duplicate the permissions > >> structure. [I believe this is possible.] > >> > >> This last idea sounds bat$hit insane - but hey, it might > >actually work > >> reasonably well. :) > >> > >> -Greg > >> > >> > >-- > >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
