Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:34621 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754654Ab2GXR0S (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:26:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:26:16 -0400 To: Maiko Langelaar Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2 NFS server for the same mount point ? Message-ID: <20120724172616.GJ8570@fieldses.org> References: <500EBB69.5000205@physics.umanitoba.ca> <20120724155304.GA9721@us.ibm.com> <500ED5E4.1050902@physics.umanitoba.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <500ED5E4.1050902@physics.umanitoba.ca> From: "J. Bruce Fields" Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:05:40PM -0500, Maiko Langelaar wrote: > > Yes, you can. > > Just to be on the safe side, I should be a bit more clear on this. > > Both of the NFS servers will be running simultaneously, both > exporting the same mount points for the same subnet. If you're asking whether it's safe for A and B to both be exporting something named (for example) "/home"--sure, that's fine. (If you want the exports from both servers to actually see the same data, with changes made through A reflected on B and vice versa--at that point you need a cluster filesystem backing the exports and things become more complicated. But I think that's not what you're asking for.) --b.