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> References: <4257601.p3oiXZFr4n@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> <C2F282EB-FA11-4676-93E0-68112EB03A1D@ultra-secure.de> <12103095.viZFqgegqA@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> <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 -- GlusterFS - http://www.gluster.org An open source, distributed file system scaling to several petabytes, and handling thousands of clients. My personal twitter: twitter.com/realjustinclift
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