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Re: [zfs-discuss] An Academic Sysadmin's Lament for ZFS ?

Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] An Academic Sysadmin's Lament for ZFS ?
From: Alec Muffett
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:09:47 +0100
>
>> Mounts under /net are derived from the filesystems actually shared
>> from the servers; the automount daemon uses the MOUNT protocol to
>> determine this.  If you're looking at a path not already seen, the
>> information will be fresh, but that's where the good news ends.
>
> I know that, yes, but why can't we put such an abstraction  
> elsewhere in
> the name space?  One thing I have always disliked about /net mounts is
> that they're too magical; it should be possible to replicate them
> in some form in other mount maps.

In short, you're proposing a solution to the zillions-of-nfs-exports  
issue, which instead of using "wait for v4 to implement a server-side  
export consolidation" thingy, would instead be a "better, smarter / 
net-alike on v2/v3, but give it a sensible name and better namespace  
semantics"?

I could go for that...

        -a

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