[OpenAFS] AFS from NFS Mount

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So the only way I could run (theoretically) a fileserver over nfs is by 
using a namei fileserver?

Also, any good info out there on what namei is and why we should use it? 
I know it's been discussed at length on this list, but with a lot of 
those discussions a lot of background knowledge seemed to be assumed. 
 I've googled around a lot but have found nothing fundamentally explanatory.

Thanks,
Brent

Derrick J Brashear wrote:

>On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Brent Johnson wrote:
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>>Okay. Interesting.  I thought it was a long-standing rule (don't ask
>>where I got this from) that you couldn't use an NFS-mounted filesystem
>>as a vice partition on a fileserver.  We're running Solaris and have
>>some Network Appliance Filers running around.  So you're saying that I
>>could mount share from the filer on my Solaris 8 fileserver and make
>>that my vice partition?
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>your afs clients will be sad when reads block if nfs gets sad, but using
>nfs behind namei should at least be possible.
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So the only way I could run (theoretically) a fileserver over nfs is by using
a namei fileserver? 
 
Also, any good info out there on what namei is and why we should use it?
I know it's been discussed at length on this list, but with a lot of those
discussions a lot of background knowledge seemed to be assumed. &nbsp;I've googled
around a lot but have found nothing fundamentally explanatory. 
 
Thanks, 
Brent 
 
Derrick J Brashear wrote: 
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    <pre wrap="">Okay. Interesting.  I thought it was a long-standing rule (don't ask
where I got this from) that you couldn't use an NFS-mounted filesystem
as a vice partition on a fileserver.  We're running Solaris and have
some Network Appliance Filers running around.  So you're saying that I
could mount share from the filer on my Solaris 8 fileserver and make
that my vice partition?
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your afs clients will be sad when reads block if nfs gets sad, but using
nfs behind namei should at least be possible.
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