From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Dec 6 14:37:19 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7098BE81B78 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x234.google.com (mail-io0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3552A7479A for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 14:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x234.google.com with SMTP id s19so2855504ioa.1 for ; Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:37:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vl0+huPO34QfWeEMf7yKiM4C/TEwPYCaNXjbcVQ4QNQ=; b=ehH8qeSjzksMDCKhjLa1KS2Zs3TjiePbe6r5gXS4yJf8b+FPRtiYr9HYZFjgu0IAC2 2RMoz92J9pH1DC5LS4I4HSlEoCaopk18Nolx+g0yXCdg9/SH4sMuKms+7eesdel2wKya WtJyzvIrXPIYd+Xuk6Z1sCRx5X6/9TsPIpdd/U9xAmlaqC4KhA8ByND3Wql0hly8PcgQ gfdlQ20Hzmc/Dfys2jp2b1bywP+8Ri6VvnCGwNb9Xq+RLnr4Ydc4tgV0DDaLMBIEllH8 y9+tlWrvHTvIY8yBcR3hTVsBGJcWlEuPkpYvuzxeB0OfubxOEzm0Z1yaMGyvozsikve0 QVnw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vl0+huPO34QfWeEMf7yKiM4C/TEwPYCaNXjbcVQ4QNQ=; b=dYUyJhw+Bq5Lo3Pr2o7RECaLoHmGC54TIKR4OpI8rZZr5omcFTotFYZf05rOWx4XZa 6R7NvJ/x+y0iAyJ7/DlFYEio4Un+l2Aq5pSov1fxlPRuEzf5t+pqVShVgedxmCXsenc1 qYUByvYwWYMbyZvIZgOq0nREzfqUr3bUhINsWtD1b+Lx0Ys9xyFPKzpKim4W1WmQu8Ub J/pdb9qRMHxUOHhgR2hbYAAf8MpoZH6Ao1OpUf7Nxherl525ie7AHFh8E9+YhXOHXgJy 82d0HEvigmTZp5CEFMgoAf0rIYIGzumDByeaQqbdjGEvGpmO3UROCL/26wFQXWNryMCF Dp9A== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX7km1C0wH+tvXtsDmLnGG8w7Z3CHULXNcSFSc9MyhkSJ+mkch2K hUG3HZmaEthUh5/WI/v2A6tuGY9twRAwtO0vD1uNzg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMadBMYIHrKje5p8fQlNay5iktdAIbVMgqZVpmWen2kgsyZpCWlo+0R5ZTSlw7+MIhFfk/oKy1tuN7wvsDqA2Y8= X-Received: by 10.107.175.165 with SMTP id p37mr34797807ioo.32.1512571038300; Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:37:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.138.114 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Dec 2017 06:37:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4A321A55-23FA-42AB-BF65-3DCA3464307D@punkt.de> References: <201712051641.vB5GfR5I052310@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <4A321A55-23FA-42AB-BF65-3DCA3464307D@punkt.de> From: Adam Vande More Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 08:37:17 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: NFS alternatives (was: Re: Storage overhead on zvols) To: "Patrick M. Hausen" Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , FreeBSD virtualization Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:37:19 -0000 On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:45 AM, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: > Hi all, > > > Am 05.12.2017 um 17:41 schrieb Rodney W. Grimes < > freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>: > > In effect what your asking for is what NFS does, so use NFS and get > > over the fact that this is the way to get what you want. Sure you > > could implement a virt-vfs but I wonder how close the spec of that > > would be to the spec of NFS. > > I figure it should be possible to implement something simpler > than NFS that provides full local posix semantics under the > constraint that only one "client" is allowed to mount the FS > at a time. > > I see quite a few applications for something like this, specifically > in "hyperconvergent" environments. Or vagrant, of course. > > *scratching head* isn't this what Sun's "network disk" protocol provided? > > Kind regards, > Patrick Like this? https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-ggate.html -- Adam