Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Why NFS? Mainly because it is easy to share and unshare directories independently. The server maintains a disk array with 24 removable disks (hot swappable). These disks come and go independently. So they need to be exported and unexported independently. I do not see how to do this with SAMBA. All is in one big file and they are shared and unshared together. We do not want to disrupt some disks while changing others. So NFS seemed a way to go. If I have missed something in SAMBA, I would be ever so happy. That was question two.
You have 24 disks with 24 individual filesystems, and those are exported via NFS. I am sure you can do the same with samba. A samba share: [photos] comment = Photos directory path = /home/per/photos read only = No inherit acls = Yes No reason why you shouldn't have 24 of those ? I expect shares can also be added and removed dynamically, I just don't know how :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (15.8°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org