On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com>wrote:
> Scott Gifford put forth on 2/16/2010 2:41 PM: > [ ... ] > > Is there a way to get similar behavior from a CIFS server, where a > rebooted > > fileserver will automatically be remounted when it comes back? > > Stop rebooting the NAS. If it has some kind of problem that requires > frequent > reboots to fix, update the firmware. If that doesn't solve the problems, > replace it with a better NAS, or build your own Debian Samba server. > > Fix the problem instead of trying to mask the symptoms. A good NAS should > have > uptimes in months or years, not hours days or weeks. > Yes, that would be better of course, but the servers are located in a country where power can be a bit unreliable, and we are still working out kinks in our generator and UPS, which is mostly what causes the problem. And even so, having multiple layers of reliability is a goal I like to try for. I'm surprised it's at all tricky, with NFS it just sort of happens automatically, at least in my experience. ----Scott.
