NFS alternatives?

[Madison Kelly]

Matthew Godycki wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have a situation at work that is ideally solved by use of NFS (need for
> a single logical file system underpinning a variety of servers and application
> server clusters).  Since I'm looking for an infrastructure solution, NFS seems
> like the perfect fit.
> 
> However, as I understand it, over the years there have been various 
> concerns about security and vulnerabilities associated with NFS.
> 
> Are there any alternatives to NFS out there that provide the same type of
> service, but, without the security concerns?  I'm working with our network
> and system admin folks but want to make sure I do some of my own
> digging around as well, to be more educated in my chats with them ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> -M

If you're looking to create a single disk store as opposed to a shared 
file space, you might want to take a look at using an iSCSI target with 
LVM handing out slices to servers and workstations as needed. If you do 
need shared space, then you might be stuck with NFS or SMB.

Madi
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