Jeff Moyer wrote:
> ==> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 14:34:27 -0800 (PST), Joe Pruett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
>
> Joe> > > Actually, there is work on going to reduce the number of
> Joe> connections > > from the > > client to the server from one per
> Joe> mount to one per client server > > combination. > > Solaris has
> Joe> always done this and it works out quite well in practice.
> Joe> >
> Joe> > Excellent. > Tell me more?
>
> Joe> this sure sounds like the old solaris automount setup of:
>
> Joe> foo server:/path/disk:foo bar server:/path/disk:bar
>
> Joe> hitting foo would mount server:/path/disk and then symlink/bind
> Joe> for foo. hitting bar within the timeout period would just cause
> Joe> another symlink/bind instead of another mount.
>
> Quite different. I think Pete is referring to connection sharing.
Quite different indeed. I am talking about managing connections
separately from mounts. There isn't any logical reason that these
two semantics need to be tied to each other.
ps
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