If all you need is a shared file area, then CIFS/NFS are the simpler choices.
Note that using a regular Linux server as a file server is not the greatest idea if you need this to be highly reliable. There are filer projects out there which turn a 'regular' server into a much higher end, more reliable storage server. Or of course, hardware filers.
GFS is a true shared disk file system. GFS allows all servers direct concurrent access to the shared block storage. It can get rather complex and does involve a cluster of machines so it might be overkill for what you seek, I don't know so, here's a link to it, you can decide.
http://www.redhat.com/gfs/
Mike
On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:20:59 +0200, Emre ERENOGLU wrote:
ïWhy don't you use CIFS? (samba?)
ï
ïEmre
ï
ïOn Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 1:17 AM, isplist@xxxxxxxxxxxx <isplist@xxxxxxxxxxxx>ï
ïwrote:
ïOne fairly easy way that I use is GFS. It allows simultaneous read/write
ïfrom all connected servers. It ads complexity to your setup but it's very
ïpowerful at what it does.
ï
ïMike
ï
ï
ïOn Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:54:22 -0700 (PDT), MikeyCarter wrote:
ï
ï
ïI have a few cases where I need to share a filesystem (Read/Write) with
ïmultiple DomUs. ïïCurrently I use NFS to accomplish this task. ï
ïHowever, NFS
ïon Fedora 7 locks up under heavy traffic from time to time, forcing a
ïreboot. ïWouldn't want that on the Dom0.
ï
ïAny one recommend a good way of sharing a file system in read/write with
ïmultiple DomUs?
ï
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