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> In-Reply-To: <12103095.viZFqgegqA@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <4257601.p3oiXZFr4n@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> <C2F282EB-FA11-4676-93E0-68112EB03A1D@ultra-secure.de> <12103095.viZFqgegqA@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net>
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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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