From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 21:07:18 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2BCE0EC0 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:07:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx1.redhat.com", Issuer "DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01CB282B for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.26]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1LL7BdU009367 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:11 -0500 Received: from [10.36.6.102] (vpn1-6-102.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.6.102]) by int-mx13.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t1LL77rR019717 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:09 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: The magic of ZFS and NFS (2nd try) From: Justin Clift In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:07:08 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <0FBD2FE2-6B50-4CA5-92E7-81D02AF655C2@gluster.org> References: <4257601.p3oiXZFr4n@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> <12103095.viZFqgegqA@falbala.rz1.convenimus.net> To: Jordan Hubbard X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.26 Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, Christian Baer X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:07:18 -0000 On 21 Feb 2015, at 18:23, Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> On Feb 21, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Christian Baer = 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