From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 01:26:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9862106564A for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CA168FC18 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j71so286673rne.12 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:26:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=kSiFM8eqvxTOinTMxtp5Ly9RUBglwYz/ia2WnH51/NY=; b=qazisNVz63ELBTY/1zer+c1wdq3PNi68n1Q78SoLnRYQ3zkKy4KWyyh4RBJJhNKe5w veiu3yOA2noYQuiRufVQvkQGesjas001gPpZsIfZ6N3wmtZtGzdMx04vECvuiih3G+iq cGn03ICj2QkAj2hXS6Zku/b/998evSPzETdQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=nyMNoX9CxQx9Pe3tJatoKwrfYdY0xMIX9pXqZLQTYowA3XTccuD/hpvtTMkrbDRxg8 vlzdI2WZl4gKnWHMSffl43TJl+nHd/RmHDePZ2OF2VVz69CHSJKWipzicnUzEuLSz44D TlZAf2OaBnBq+pij91C1QTjR1fDA8mlimQerA= Received: by 10.64.88.5 with SMTP id l5mr5504670qbb.68.1227662781355; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:26:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.208.1 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:26:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <26face530811251726o378c0ad1v3395f9e40dc04a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:26:21 -0700 From: "Kelly Jones" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: wdfs vs sshfs vs the perfect fs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:26:22 -0000 I recently installed wdfs and sshfs on my FreeBSD server + mounted a filesystem under each. "df -k" and "tail -r" work great under sshfs. "df -k" doesn't work under wdfs (always shows 100% usage) and "tail -r" just hangs. sshfs also seems a little faster. Is all this normal? I figured webdav would handle "tail -r" better using HTTP's "Range" parameter, but I guess not. How does sshfs get to the end of a file so fast w/o doing a sequential read? What's the best way to mount a remote disk assuming I don't have root access on the target server? sshfs? wdfs? something else? I assume 'mount' is best if I do have root access. Specially interested in "random access" files like DBMs or MySQL/PostgreSQL files. Reason I ask: many hosting providers offer insane amounts of disk space for next to nothing, but they limit what you can do. By mounting the large disk, I can add virtual space to my more expensive dedicated server. It's slow, but useful when disk access speed is not an issue. -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.