On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:50:31AM -0800, Ephi Dror wrote: > 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.
Should work. If you have problems let us know and we'll fix 'em. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
