==> Regarding [autofs] Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] Multiple server selection and 
replicated mount failover; Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

trond.myklebust> On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 13:05 +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
>> > 4) How does NFS v4 fit into this picture as I believe that some
>> >    of this functionality is included within the protocol.
>> 
>> And this.
>> 
>> NFS v4 appears quite different so should I be considering this for v2 and 
>> v3 only?

trond.myklebust> NFSv4 has full support for migration/replication in the
trond.myklebust> protocol. If a filesystem fails on a given server, then
trond.myklebust> the server itself will tell the client where it can find
trond.myklebust> the replicas. There should be no need to provide that
trond.myklebust> information at mount time.

And what happens when the server disappears?

-Jeff

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