The Unix Haters' Handbook

[John Floren]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew Back wrote:
>
> >
> > >  Chapter 14---I don't know anyone using NFS anymore (I think the last
> time
> > > I saw NFS in a commercial setting was the late 90s, and even at home, I
> > > don't use NFS all that much).  But replace NFS with Samba, and it's spot
> on
> > > (more or less).
> > >
> >
> > I'd say it's use has if anything grown. Modern data centers often have
> dedicated GigE NFS LANs. Good for consolidated storage and portability
> useful in HA and virtualised platforms, but cheaper than SAN. And NAS
> vendors such as NetApp have gone to great pains to get folks such as Oracle
> to certify their technology in such configurations.
> >
>
>  I use NFS all over the place.  I wouldn't be caught dead using SMBFS in a
> production setting.
>
>  Peace...  Sridhar
>

Us Real Men just import a remote fileserver's tree over 9p ;)
% 9fs kremvax
% ls /n/kremvax/usr/john
/n/kremvax/usr/john/foo
/n/kremvax/usr/john/bar
...
%


John
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