md device backing files on nfs mounts?

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

> "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad at shire.net> writes:
>
>
>> Can the files that back an md device be resident on an nfs mount?
>>
>> I run some jails with each having its own root based on an md   
>> device.
>> I am thinking of having a backend nfs server have all the  storage  
>> and
>> serve it to various front end servers.  If one front end  server went
>> down I could easily bring it up on another one.  Kind of  poor-man's
>> redundancy
>>
>
> How do you get the NFS mount before you have a root?

Just the jails would be on md devices on the nfs mounted  
filesystem.   Ie, main computer boots normally, mounts nfs  
filesystem, then mounts  md devices backed by files on the nfs  
fielsystem

Chad

> Also, I suspect the permissions might be a little tricky...
>
> Some kind of netbooting might work.
>

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