From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E6D7C07E95 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C8361CC5 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231928AbhGGOQn (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:16:43 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:37074 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231643AbhGGOQk (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:16:40 -0400 Received: from fieldses.org (fieldses.org [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:2f7::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DADBC061574 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 07:14:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fieldses.org (Postfix, from userid 2815) id BA37B6851; Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:13:59 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 fieldses.org BA37B6851 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fieldses.org; s=default; t=1625667239; bh=lCH1sGASKeBLyLMdDljgO14aY9g7xQEgKx+FMCvpPhI=; h=Date:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From:From; b=QBanJakVeLsVWvhFqHWmP25oFGoinubbnl1AJE0+j3/DS+7ncASgg+omEhArrpu+z TAbbDQVWphoumTo4D9LulfzFWuXVXNZCzrVtoQrxvvg+38TmlJMxPYOQLXu3/IEi1c MVylqboRKWzVFshSs2gnf8zDHgQ7m7pq7QCROpAo= Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 10:13:59 -0400 To: "Becker, Jeffrey C. (ARC-TN)[InuTeq, LLC]" Cc: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: FW: [EXTERNAL] Re: NFS server question Message-ID: <20210707141359.GB9446@fieldses.org> References: <0C9D9022-8E61-4B03-8225-D829E22B4137@ndc.nasa.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 03:11:11PM +0000, Becker, Jeffrey C. (ARC-TN)[InuTeq, LLC] wrote: > Is there a limit on the number of exports for an NFS server? Thanks. I don't have a better answer than Chuck's. I can't think of any hard-coded limits, it's just a matter of resources. You could try giving more specifics about your plan and see if anyone has experience with a similar setup. --b. > > Jeff Becker > > On 7/2/21, 7:21 AM, "Chuck Lever III" wrote: > > Hi Jeff- > > > On Jul 1, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Becker, Jeffrey C. (ARC-TN)[InuTeq, LLC] wrote: > > > > Hi Chuck, > > > > I have an NFS server that currently has about 20 directories it’s exporting over NFSv4. I was wondering what the maximum number of exports is. Thanks. > > I'm not aware of any intrinsic limit on the number of exports. > There is probably a per-export resource cost that acts as a > practical limit. > > Might be a good idea to ask on linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org. > > > -- > Chuck Lever > > > >