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Here are the topics this blog is going to cover.
- Samba Server
- Samba VFS
- Libgfapi
- GlusterFS VFS plugin for Samba and libgfapi
- Without GlusterFS VFS plugin
- FUSE mount vs VFS plugin
About Samba Server:
Samba server runs on Unix and Linux/GNU operating systems. Windows clients can talk to Linux/GNU/Unix systems through Samba server. It provides the interoperability between Windows and Linux/Unix systems. Initially it was created to provide printer sharing and file sharing mechanisms between Unix/Linux and Windows. As of now Samba project is doing much more than just file and printer sharing.
Samba server works as a semantic translation engine/machine. Windows clients talk in Windows syntax e.g. SMB protocol. And Unix/Linux/GNU file-systems understand requests in POSIX. Samba converts Windows syntax to *nix/GNU syntax and vice versa.
This article is about Samba integration with GlusterFS. For specific details I have taken example of GlusterFS deployed on Linux/GNU.
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