[ZendTo] Re: CIFS mounts OK

[Steve Campbell]

This is what I had in mind, John.

Thanks to both John and Julian.

steve
On 10/30/2013 10:03 AM, John Cooper wrote:
> 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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