Summary
In this chapter, we learned how to create a highly available distributed file server using the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, Samba 4, and other very important components, such as CTDB, XFS, and GlusterFS. We have learned step-by-step procedures from the preparation of the operating system environment, installation of the needed software and dependencies (for example, libraries), to a custom compilation of the Samba 4 application itself.
We have presented the relationship between the different components and how to integrate and implement a proper solution that is robust, highly available, and scalable—all very important characteristics for the highly demanding IT environment. Finally, we executed tests and validations on the high availability ...
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