==> Regarding Re: [autofs] Status of >800 mounts; Stew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

stew.smith> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 10:48:44AM -0700, Michael Blandford
stew.smith> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> What is the current status of having more than 800 nfs mounts ( on 2.4
>> and 2.6 )?
>> 
>> I had heard there might be a patch to use one port per server instead of
>> per mount.
>> 

stew.smith> i am working on a patch currently which multiplexes nfs
stew.smith> connections per sever so you end up with a 800 server limit,
stew.smith> similar to the way nfsv4 works now.. i will send it out for
stew.smith> review very soon after i ferret out a few bugs.

stew.smith> another idea we had was to add SO_REUSEADDR to rpc sockets so
stew.smith> you have more available on a busy system.

Are you going to post the patches (or have you already) to the linux-nfs
list?  If enough people find it useful, would be nice to get it upstream.

-Jeff

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