NFS - FreeBSD5 UFS2 serving FreeBSD4 UFS clients
Howdy, We currently have a nice beefy fBSD4 box for our main NFS server with approx 10 fBSD4 clients. We will be upgrading the NFS server soon but I can't seem to find any info on NFS compatibiltiy between 5.x and 4.x. Logic tells me that if my NFS server is running 5.x with a UFS2 filesystem that my 4.x UFS clients won't be able to mount a share from the 5.x box. Or does the NFS layer allow this? Will my 5.x box be backwards compatible for 4.x boxen and still work? Thanks in advance :) -- Jamie Heckford Network Manager Trident Microsystems Ltd. t: +44(0)1737-780790 f: +44(0)1737-771908 w: http://www.tridentmicrosystems.co.uk/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NFS - FreeBSD5 UFS2 serving FreeBSD4 UFS clients
El Martes, 7 de Diciembre de 2004 12:15, Jamie Heckford escribió: Logic tells me that if my NFS server is running 5.x with a UFS2 filesystem that my 4.x UFS clients won't be able to mount a share from the 5.x box. Or does the NFS layer allow this? Will my 5.x box be backwards compatible for 4.x boxen and still work? There won't be any problem, we currently have an UFS2 machine serving NFS shares to different OSs, FreeBSD 4.10, Solaris 9. pgpf7cbVdcyLC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NFS - FreeBSD5 UFS2 serving FreeBSD4 UFS clients
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Jamie Heckford wrote: We currently have a nice beefy fBSD4 box for our main NFS server with approx 10 fBSD4 clients. We will be upgrading the NFS server soon but I can't seem to find any info on NFS compatibiltiy between 5.x and 4.x. Logic tells me that if my NFS server is running 5.x with a UFS2 filesystem that my 4.x UFS clients won't be able to mount a share from the 5.x box. Or does the NFS layer allow this? Will my 5.x box be backwards compatible for 4.x boxen and still work? Yes, NFS hides details of the underlying file system. Thus, it is totally os independent (not concerning performance, but concerning compatibility.) Regards Konrad Heuer GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
