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David

2004-12-09, 2:45 am

(google news would not let me reply directly, so this will probably
appear as a new thread)

> I've been looking at the possibility of putting some NFS servers "over" a
> SAN, providing a "home grown" NAS. This would be one solution that'll meet
> our NFS requirements, as we can use Linux (or Solaris) NFS servers which
> provide ACL support.
>
> But this requires that the underlying Cluster File System provide ACL
> support. Does anyone happen to know which do? The semantics I'm seeking
> are those found in Solaris's UFS or Linux's XFS or EXT3: the "near POSIX"
> ACLs.
>
> Does anyone have experience - good or bad - with this type of solution?
> Recommendations? Warnings?
>


CXFS supports ACLs across all the platforms it supports using the XFS
implementation, and then maps the native ACL tools to manipulate XFS
ACLs behind the scenes.

David
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