Distributed file system in Linux?

longblock454 · 11-02-2004, 02:01 PM

I am looking to install 4 hard drives into each of 3 different computers (all running linux), then join them as one large virtual volume on the 3rd machine.

Anyone have some information on this?

Thanks, Andy

m00t00 · 11-02-2004, 02:24 PM

explain further. Like each hard disk does a different mount point? If so, use nfs.

Matir · 11-02-2004, 03:20 PM

I don't think it's possible to make them appear as one partition, unless you can figure out some way to use software raid over nfs.... but I don't see that as likely. Otherwise, just nfs mount them all on one machine. Those nfs mounts could even be exported via Samba if you need non-Unix OSes to access them.

longblock454 · 11-02-2004, 04:05 PM

Yes, I am trying to make 12 individual disks appear as one partition spread across 3 different machines!

So I would use LVM to combine each of the 4 disks to one partition on each machine, then I would like to find a way to combine the 3 machine to one partition. Just like distributed file system in windoze.

Thanks

Andy

Matir · 11-02-2004, 06:37 PM

Look into "Network Block Devices." This may help you. I found a post that may be of a small bit of use to you here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/linu.../msg00069.html