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From: Jon Forrest <jlforrest-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
To: Thomas Haynes <Thomas.Haynes-UdXhSnd/wVw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: To Automount or to Not Automount?
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:15:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B4F8965.8020705@berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B4F8575.1010505-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org>

On 1/14/2010 12:58 PM, Thomas Haynes wrote:

> Is every node mounting every other node?

No. The compute nodes mount from the
one file server. The compute nodes
don't export anything.

> Or are you talking about every node mounting a central
> server?

Yes.

One person whom I respect told me that static mounts
result in more overhead on the server. I didn't
understand this but I don't claim to be
an NFS expert.


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-14 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-14 20:00 To Automount or to Not Automount? Jon Forrest
2010-01-14 20:58 ` Thomas Haynes
     [not found]   ` <4B4F8575.1010505-xsfywfwIY+M@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-14 21:15     ` Jon Forrest [this message]
2010-01-14 22:07       ` Trond Myklebust

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