Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-19 Thread Ensel Sharon
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > hmmm...the cut and paste of that loud warning was from a 6.0-RELEASE man > > page ... if I need to be CURRENT to get the updated man page, do I also > > need to be CURRENT to get the safe null_mount code itself ? > > > > Or is 6.0-RELEASE safe ? (re

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 01:55:22AM -0500, Ensel Sharon wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > hmmm...the cut and paste of that loud warning was from a 6.0-RELEASE man > > > page ... if I need to be CURRENT to get the updated man page, do I also > > > need to be CURRENT to

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:54:04PM -0500, Ensel Sharon wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. > > > > > > So, based on this, all of my null_mounts are actually mounted read-only. > > > > As others have said, this is no long

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Doug Barton
Ensel Sharon wrote: > hmmm...the cut and paste of that loud warning was from a 6.0-RELEASE man > page ... if I need to be CURRENT to get the updated man page, do I also > need to be CURRENT to get the safe null_mount code itself ? > > Or is 6.0-RELEASE safe ? (re: null_mount) It probably wouldn'

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Ensel Sharon
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. > > > > So, based on this, all of my null_mounts are actually mounted read-only. > > As others have said, this is no longer applicable to FreeBSD 6.0, and > it's been removed from HEAD. hmmm...the cu

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:35:29PM -0500, Ensel Sharon wrote: > > 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 (R

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Dirk Engling
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: 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.'' On a test installation I am running > 100 Jails with around 200

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2006/1/18, Ensel Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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 > W

Re: tuning to run large (1000+) numbers of null_mounts

2006-01-18 Thread David S. Madole
From: "Ensel Sharon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: I am noticing both system instability and data corruption issues on disk following