Home directories: local(fast) x remote(secure, available) - updated
I have been doing some homework, and I have found some info on Caching NFS clients.
Well what abou that? Does anyone of those caching clients out there has became
more than research stuff? Is there a debian way to do that kind of stuff?
Cheers,
Joao
On Friday 29 August 2008 15:18, Joao Carlos de Lima Roscoe wrote:
> Dear Srs,
>
> I have a bunch of machines (<20) and users (~15) working in a develoment facility.
> I like to keep home directories inside the server room - they're mounted via NFS.
>
> This give me short times for disaster recovery, since the desktop machines can be
> recovered with partimage, and all relevant data is in the server room, where all
> machines are redundant, are under close supervision, and so on.
>
> In the downside: NFS is not as fast as a local filesystem (we've got 100Mbit
> ethernet, only), and from time to time this costs me something. Beagle, for
> instance, is not feasible for home directories this way.
>
> I'm considering to move the home diretories to the desktop machines, for
> performance, but the users will have to keep their desktops running even when
> they're away from their desks (in the lab, or telecommuting, for instance) the keep
> their homes available. Also, it will be necessary to extend the backup procedures
> outside the server room. In fact, I would have desktop machines acting as server
> ones, while running outside the controlled server room, and I really don't like it.
>
> What do you, gurus out there, think about that? Any suggestion? Does anyone know
> about some kind of home caching solution or something?
>
> Thaks a lot,
> --
> João Roscoe
>
>
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João Carlos de Lima Roscoe
Magneti Marelli Sist Aut LTDA
SW development - P&D/DLO
Hortolandia - SP - Brazil
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