From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 7 11:49:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tholian.rsasecurity.com (mail.rsasecurity.com [204.167.112.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B5AC837B405 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:49:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdtihq24.securitydynamics.com by tholian.rsasecurity.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 7 Dec 2001 19:49:41 UT Received: from ebola.securitydynamics.com (ebola.securid.com [192.168.7.4]) by sdtihq24.securid.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA12058 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:49:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from spirit.dynas.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.securitydynamics.com (8.10.2+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id fB7JngH23617 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:49:42 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 12346 invoked from network); 7 Dec 2001 19:49:41 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (HELO mikko.rsa.com) (10.81.217.59) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 7 Dec 2001 19:49:41 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by mikko.rsa.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB7JnbJ78325; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:49:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:49:37 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200112071949.fB7JnbJ78325@mikko.rsa.com> To: gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What happens on a system with LOTs of mount points (say >1500)? Newsgroups: local.freebsd.questions References: <12281195928.20011207194917@buz.ch> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.6 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In local.freebsd.questions you write: >I'm wondering how FreeBSD would behave if I did the following for eac >of about 400 directories (domains) per server: [...] >cd /home/web/user_dom/ >mkdir bin >mkdir sbin >mkdir etc >mkdir usr >mkdir temp >mount_null -o rdonly /bin bin >mount_null -o rdonly /sbin sbin >mount_null -o rdonly /etc etc >mount_null -o rdonly /usr usr >i.e. have about 1600 mount points on a single machine. The purpose of [...] >$ mount >of course looks pretty crowded, but what other things do I need to >consider? Has any one got any experience with this kind of stuff? Things to consider... Well, have you read mount_null(8)? BUGS THIS FILESYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. A wee bit scary, isn't it? $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message