On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 02:28:29AM +0200, Rico Secada wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> At work I am experiencing with setting up some distributed file
> system, at the current moment working with NFS. The problem is that it
> is being setup at work and people, from their homes, need to be able
> to mount the system.
>
> I have no prior experience in this, except for setting up and using
> NFS across a LAN.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any recommendations regarding security,
> effectiveness and other advices!
>
> I have been thinking about tunneling NFS over SSH2, and possibly using
> some kind of cache, but I do not know if this is actually the best
> approach. I have also been thinking about using AFS as posted before.
>
> Also perhaps, but not necessary, support for Windows could be needed
> in the long run.
>
> What are you guys using and how is it setup?
What you are describing is not a distributed filesystem (runs on
multiple hosts), just a network filesystem (can be mounted by multiple
hosts, but runs on one) plus a VPN.
IPsec or OpenVPN can provide the VPN; your choice of AFS (OpenAFS), NFS
(nfsd), or CIFS (SAMBA) can provide the network filesystem. Each can be
mounted from Windows, if need be.
Joachim
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