tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts
Devon H. O'Dell
devon.odell at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 10:53:37 PST 2006
2006/1/18, Ensel Sharon <user at dhp.com>:
>
> I am running over 2000 null mounts on a FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE system. I am
> well aware of the status of the null_mount code, as advertised in the
> mount_nullfs man page:
>
> THIS FILE SYSTEM 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.
This has been removed from the manpage because it's no longer
accurate. I believe I recall seeing another thread with someone asking
whether it still applied and the answer was, ``No.''
--Devon
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