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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: NFS read-only file copies
Message-ID: <5907@eastapps.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 3 May 91 13:29:32 GMT
References: <1991May3.051305.16446@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Quoth larryc@puente.jpl.nasa.gov (Larry Carroll) (in <1991May3.051305.16446@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>):
#In Sun's Network Programming Guide, on page 9, it says
#"The flexibility of NFS allows configuration for a variety of cost and 
#performance trade-offs. ... In the case of read-only files, copies can 
#be kept on several servers to avoid bottlenecks."
#
#However, I've spent a couple of hours reading the table of contents & 
#the totally inadequate index & can't find where it tells how to do 
#this.  Ditto results for an examination of the System & Network Admin.
#Manual.
#
#Is the quoted material a bunch of lying hype?  Or can someone point out 
#the part of the manuals where I can read up on this & implement it?
#And if this ability is real, do very many other vendors have it, such 
#as DEC's Ultrix?

Start with "man automount". Note the section on replicated filesystems.

Geoff
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