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Re: [lvs-users] load balancing nfs realservers - Anyone done this?

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] load balancing nfs realservers - Anyone done this?
From: Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:15:54 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, chris barry wrote:

> My primary question, and indeed the wall I'm hitting is how to
> effectively get the mount request through the director, to a realserver,
> and back.

I showed how to do it in the LVS performance paper I wrote 
and I expect it's in the nfs section of the HOWTO. It's just

mount -t nfs VIP:/directory /mount_point

> I did just have a look at the FAQ, and it mentions that the nfs for
> single-port is using udp - not tcp. Is this an issue?

I don't expect so, although I haven't heard back from anyone 
trying nfs/tcp.

on failover make sure the clients can handle the stale file 
handles.

Joe

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