NFS Services Administrator's Guide

Configuring and Administering NFS
Configuring and Administering an NFS Client
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Not Applicable Advantage: You d o not
have to stop AutoFS to
change your
automounter maps. The
AutoFS daemon,
automountd, runs
continuously. When you
make a change to an
automounter map, you
run the automount
command, which reads
the maps and then exits.
Disadvantage:
Automounter must be
killed and restarted
whenever you make a
change to an
automounter map.
Disadvantage: Only
one NFS server may be
configured for each
standard-mounted
directory.
Advantage: Multiple
servers may be
configured for a single
automounted directory,
for reliability and load
balancing. All servers are
polled simultaneously,
and the directory is
mounted from the first
server to respond.
Advantage: Multiple
servers may be
configured for a single
automounted directory,
for reliability and load
balancing. All servers
are polled
simultaneously, and the
directory is mounted
from the first server to
respond.
Disadvantage: If you
have to configure many
similar standard
mounts, you must
configure each of them
individually, because
you cannot use
wildcard characters or
environment variables
when you configure
standard NFS mounts.
Advantage: AutoFS
allows you to use
wildcard characters and
environment variables in
configuration files (maps)
as shortcuts when you
are configuring many
similar automounts.
Advantage: The
automounter allows you
to use wildcard
characters and
environment variables
in configuration files
(maps) as shortcuts
when you are
configuring many
similar automounts.
Table 2-1 Standard-Mounted vs. Automounted Directories (Continued)
Standard-Mounted
Directory
Automounted
Directory (using
AutoFS)
Automounted
Directory (using
Automounter)