On 11/21/07 13:54, Simon Gao wrote:
> Using autofs to mount each sub zfs file system will be a lot of hassle. Every
> time creating a new zfs file system, I will have to update automount map and
> push it out and reload on every client.
>
>
You are correct. That's why the NFS guys just integrated the "mirror
mounts" project (http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nfs-namespace/). If
you want to see the demo check out:
http://frsun.downloads.edgesuite.net/sun/08A01141/
NOTE: this is a feature of the NFSv4 protocol ... I think this has also
been implemented in the Linux NFSv4 client, but I'm not certain.
--jc
> Multiple zfs file systems are really nice, but here is a big gotcha. It's not
> practical to manage thousands of zfs file systems like /home/<user> as
> suggested by Sun docs once it comes to maintaining automount maps.
>
> Simon
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