Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 20:33, Clint Dilkscli...@scms.waikato.ac.nz wrote: My initial research suggests that the only real alternative to NFS in this context is ISCSI or perhaps the combination of ISCSI and GFS. iSCSI and GFS would be good if you have a small number of powerful and highly

[CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Clint Dilks
Hello Everyone I work for a University Department that has a high number of Linux Desktop Users. Currently we provide a users home directory via NFS from a file server. Generally it works well for us, but I have been asked to look at our options for expanding the storage we have available.

Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Ross Walker
On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Clint Dilks cli...@scms.waikato.ac.nz wrote: Hello Everyone I work for a University Department that has a high number of Linux Desktop Users. Currently we provide a users home directory via NFS from a file server. Generally it works well for us, but I have

Re: [CentOS] Setting up Linux File Servers in a University Environment

2009-07-23 Thread Eduardo Grosclaude
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Ross Walkerrswwal...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Clint Dilks cli...@scms.waikato.ac.nz wrote: Hello Everyone I work for a University Department that has a high number of Linux Desktop Users.  Currently we provide a users home directory via