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Something like nfs across a WAN (both sides are OvZ)
raindog308
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I'm pretty sure mounting an nfs filesystem from California to Florida is a bad idea.
However, I'd like to do something like that - access a remote share from VPS #1 on VPS #2. Both VPSes are OvZ.
What is a good solution? I've heard of sshfs though never used it...a little googling shows that it requires FUSE which is enabled on a provider-by-provider basis?
Other thoughts?
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VPN and NFS?
NFS would work but from what I've read nfs is not good for long distance.
Sign up for a box.com account, was a 50gb deal from dell not long ago.
Then follow this guide on both sides.
http://www.lowendguide.com/networking/mount-your-box-com-account-to-your-vps-and-use-it-for-backups/
@MikHo it's not that OP asks and requires FUSE too.
@raindog308 well even NFS could be disabled from the provider side. If you really need to mount remote folder then NFS+VPN is the best option for you. Or well FUSE if it is enabled.
If you can get NFS module added (is this possible with OvZ?), I suspect you'll find it works with less latency/issues than webdav/sshfs/samba. NFS is pretty much stateless so there's very little overhead whereas WebDAV/Samba/SSHFS all have a lot of protocol overhead to establish sessions etc etc.
Do it over a VPN if you value your privacy, its an easy way to get compression for your transfers if you think that makes sense for your use case (ie compressible data and more cpu than bandwidth)
I've found that FUSE is slow to the point of being almost unusable from NY to London.
NFS over wan works, however NFS wouldn't work on OpenVZ.
@nstorm
Only giving alternative on how to share files between 2vps.
Really? Oh right, it's a kernel module...silly OvZ.
http://unfs3.sourceforge.net/
not tested
@hostingwizard_net Its only a server, think that's the one that's packed in ubuntu as nfs-user-server ?
You're going to need kernel support at the client end whatever you use, is Fuse really the only option on OvZ?
You could also run UML containers inside the OpenVZ and then NFS between the UMLs. Kind of awkward
Nope. It works on OpenVZ. Just like I've said already it still has to be enabled by the provider, same as FUSE: http://openvz.org/NFS