>Most clustered FS's do require SNMP access to the fabric in order to
>conduct fencing.
>Is SNMP more secure than NFS?
>Regards,
>Max
No, but no actual data traverses the link. And I don't think it's SNMP (which would be a problem in any case) with GFS, but it is some sort of TCP control mechanism between the nodes for the Red hat clustering, which may be a problem for the group, we'll see. I understand their concern, as having any TCP service listening brings up the concern of buffer overflows, etc. This client is a very large enterprise, and I'm sure their security group consists of dozens of folks that need to justify their existence! :-)
I think that GFS is definitely the way to go, and they'll need to address the security concerns in their own way, or not have a solution.
Thanks all for your responses, the group came through!
G