==> Regarding [autofs] Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] Multiple server selection and replicated mount failover; Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> adds: trond.myklebust> On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 13:05 +0800, Ian Kent wrote: >> > 4) How does NFS v4 fit into this picture as I believe that some >> > of this functionality is included within the protocol. >> >> And this. >> >> NFS v4 appears quite different so should I be considering this for v2 and >> v3 only? trond.myklebust> NFSv4 has full support for migration/replication in the trond.myklebust> protocol. If a filesystem fails on a given server, then trond.myklebust> the server itself will tell the client where it can find trond.myklebust> the replicas. There should be no need to provide that trond.myklebust> information at mount time. And what happens when the server disappears? -Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
