autofs interest ?

2011-09-27 Thread Stephane Durieux
Hello, A simple question: from a server point of view does autofs costs less (cpu, io, memory) than traditionnal nfs ? From a client point of view I think the fact to unmount directories frees ressources? But does a moint point consumes so much (memory ?) And concerning the network Thanks

Re: autofs interest ?

2011-09-27 Thread Bob Proulx
Stephane Durieux wrote: A simple question: from a server point of view does autofs costs less (cpu, io, memory) than traditionnal nfs ? AutoFS is simply a automated mount service for NFS. AutoFS doesn't replace NFS. The autofs simply gets nfs going by mounting remote nfs filesystems on