Hi All, Does anyone run SQL and/or exchange on SAMBA server share? Are there any special considerations to take? would you be kind enough to share your experience doing it? Any special smb.conf configuration is required? is there any performance issue or functional limitations supporting it? I am just wondering since Microsoft encourages block level access over share/file level access. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304261 Microsoft generally recommends that you use a Storage Area Network (SAN) or locally attached disk for the storage of your Microsoft SQL Server database files because this configuration optimizes SQL Server performance and reliability. By default, use of network database files (stored on a networked server or Network Attached Storage [NAS]) is not enabled for SQL Server.
However, you can configure SQL Server to store a database on a networked server or NAS storage server. Servers used for this purpose must meet SQL Server requirements for data write ordering and write-through guarantees detailed in the "More Information" section of this article. . http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234656/ All versions of SQL Server open the log and data files using the Win32 CreateFile function. The dwFlagsAndAttributes member includes the FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH option when opened by SQL Server. All comments are welcome and highly appreciated. Cheers, Ephi -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
