[ZendTo] Re: CIFS mounts OK

[John Cooper]

I created a symbolic link for /var/zendto pointing at /data/zendto on a 
different partition. 

i.e. 

mv /var/zendto /data/ 
ln -s /data/zendto /var/zendto 

ls -al /var 

lrwxrwxrwx.  1 root root    13 Sep 13  2011 zendto -> /data/zendto/ 

Using an NFS directory would be the same procedure 

e.g. Using automount to directory /net/nasserver/data/zendto 

and CIFs too. 



On Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 13:51, Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
 
I would just put /var/zendto on the NAS. No need at all to move the rest 
of /var.

Jules.

On 30/10/2013 13:29, Steve Campbell wrote:
> Jules,
>
> Are you saying the /var partition needs to be on the NAS? Symbolic links
> OK for pointing from the local /var/zendto to the 3 directories?
>
> thanks for the reply.
>
> steve
> On 10/30/2013 8:14 AM, Jules wrote:
>> The important bit is that
>>        /var/zendto/dropoffs
>>        /var/zendto/incoming
>>         /var/zendto/library
>> are on the same filesystem.
>>
>> As long as that's okay, you should be able to use a NAS box for it.
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 29/10/2013 17:54, Steve Campbell wrote:
>>> I was just wondering if it matters if I use a CIFS (as defined by
>>> Webmin) mount for storage? I've got some servers that are no longer in
>>> use with older Raid cards in them. The size of drives they handle is no
>>> where near the capacity I would have with the CIFS- mounted Buffalo
>>> TerraStations.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any opinions.
>>>
>>> steve campbell
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