From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ryan Wagoner Subject: Re: Is My Data DESTROYED?! Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:43 -0400 Message-ID: <7d86ddb90910271122p74827d2dr58de8bec9e20ef42@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091027143630.GF5585@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> <235564.59062.qm@web38801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <235564.59062.qm@web38801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:40 AM, adfas asd wro= te: > --- On Tue, 10/27/09, Gabor Gombas wrote: >> > Thanks. =A0But what I have in mind is serving the >> HTPC's array (with >> > videos)to the storage server via iSCSI. >> Hopefully the array can be >> > mounted on the HTPS and still be served to the remote >> storage server >> > by iSCSI? >> >> No. You either mount the fs locally _or_ export it via >> iSCSI. You can't >> do both simultaneously. If you want to access the files >> from both >> locations, you have to use NFS or Samba (or a distributed >> file system, >> but that's IMHO way too complicated for your setup). > > Oh no. =A0Well I don't see the point of iSCSI then. iSCSI is a block level protocol while NFS and Samba work at the file level. They all have their specific uses and advantages / disadvantages. > > I wouldn't even consider NFS or Samba because they are ancient bloatw= are. =A0I gather from a prior post that rsync has a remote ssh function= =2E =A0If that's not the case then I guess it has to be sshfs. No NFS and Samba are not ancient bloatware. What other protocol would you use for a company file server? Rsync and SSH are not replacements for group file sharing. Just use rsync over SSH. Simple and reliable. > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid"= in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at =A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html