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Date:      Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:07:08 +0000
From:      Justin Clift <justin@gluster.org>
To:        Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de>
Subject:   Re: The magic of ZFS and NFS (2nd try)
Message-ID:  <0FBD2FE2-6B50-4CA5-92E7-81D02AF655C2@gluster.org>
In-Reply-To: <D07A3E61-1871-48C0-B4AB-0EA1E994A4FC@ixsystems.com>
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On 21 Feb 2015, at 18:23, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com> wrote:
>> 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:
>=20
> FreeNAS has more experience with sharing things from ZFS than anyone =
else in the BSD community (that=92s not hyperbole, it=92s simply fact).  =
We don=92t 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=92t have a native CIFS service?).   FreeBSD =
has never integrated ZFS=92s notion of sharing or, for that matter, a =
number of other things like drive hot sparing and automatic replacement, =
and you=92re seeing the results of ZFS=92s solaris roots still not =
lining up 100% with their new FreeBSD home.  That=92s all.
>=20
> I would simplify things, just as FreeNAS has (for good reasons), and =
simply have ZFS be =93a filesystem=94 from FreeBSD=92s perspective and =
share it just as you would UFS.

As a possible alternative thought, if anyone has patches to make
the above work with FreeBSD, they'd probably be considered.

Just saying. ;)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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