-- OR --
Dump windows and host a Linux partition and use that. Once it's set up us
the GUI interfaces to manage file shares etc. SAMBA has its quirks but work
well. For those that really don't want to buy a $750-dollar subscription
to RedHat, CENTOS has been compiled for POWER.
When the shares are sent across the backplane VLAN it still beats IFS
speeds.
This is not a knock on the IFS. It has architectural and structural reasons
(good ones in my view) that keep it from being as fast as Unix file shares
or even Windows, but it's still a great file system.
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:25 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: DFS-R like behaviour with two IBMi machines
With NFS there wouldn't be two copies on each machine.
The directory on one machine would simply be a mount on to the other
machine.
Granted, if the comm is dead, or the remote machine is unavailable, you will
not be able to get to the files.
I love IBM i as much as the next guy but it is not where I would be storing
my CAD drawings, etc. While IBM has improved the file sharing over the
years Windows still blows the doors off in simple file serving.
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Franz.Rauscher@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:04 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: DFS-R like behaviour with two IBMi machines
thats true
as said they are using DFS-R now which works very good. the the access to
the files must be gbit because they are tall (autocad,
images,...) so accessing the remote IBMi is not an option.
i dont see why nfs should help in syncing. can you clarify that. is there a
nfs technique which i am missing that syncs two shares?
As additional info: the solution hast to be IBMi only. No NAS, Cloud or
something because if IBMi only is not possible we stay with Microsft DFS-R
From: "Rob Berendt" <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 27.02.2019 14:59
Subject: RE: DFS-R like behaviour with two IBMi machines
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I take it the "slow network" negates using an NFS share between the two
systems?
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Franz.Rauscher@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 4:48 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DFS-R like behaviour with two IBMi machines
Hi!
I have a question according the sync of a ifs filesystem folder between two
IBMi machines.
I would like to have a folder like /shares/public on two IBMi server in two
different locations with a slow network between them.
is ist possible to sync the /shares/public folder between the two machines
bidirectionally so that the users on each of the to locations can work with
their local IBMi machine (via netserver share).
The solution should be comparable to Microsoft DFS-R (Distributes File
System - Replication)
I have not found a builtin solution. Remote-journaling does not help in this
case in my opinion because it does not apply the changes from
machine1 to machine2 and the other way around.
Greetings,
Franz
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