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Date:      Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:23:03 -0800
From:      Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com>
To:        Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The magic of ZFS and NFS (2nd try)
Message-ID:  <D07A3E61-1871-48C0-B4AB-0EA1E994A4FC@ixsystems.com>
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> On Feb 21, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Christian Baer =
<christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
>=20
> But why shouldn't I use /etc/exports? I have read people writing this =
(don't=20
> use /etc/exports) in forums when searching for answers, however the =
current=20
> manpage for zfs says this:

FreeNAS has more experience with sharing things from ZFS than anyone =
else in the BSD community (that=E2=80=99s not hyperbole, it=E2=80=99s =
simply fact).  We don=E2=80=99t use any of the zfs sharing flags.  Those =
were intended more for Solaris (sharesmb, for example - FreeBSD lets you =
do that, but what does it *mean* when you don=E2=80=99t have a native =
CIFS service?).   FreeBSD has never integrated ZFS=E2=80=99s notion of =
sharing or, for that matter, a number of other things like drive hot =
sparing and automatic replacement, and you=E2=80=99re seeing the results =
of ZFS=E2=80=99s solaris roots still not lining up 100% with their new =
FreeBSD home.  That=E2=80=99s all.

I would simplify things, just as FreeNAS has (for good reasons), and =
simply have ZFS be =E2=80=9Ca filesystem=E2=80=9D from FreeBSD=E2=80=99s =
perspective and share it just as you would UFS.

- Jordan




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