zfs discuss - Dec 2007 - Thumper with many NFS-export ZFS filesystems

> [0] andromeda:/<2>common/sge# wc /etc/dfs/sharetab
> 1853    7412  157646 /etc/dfs/sharetab
This machine (Thumper) currently runs Solaris 10 Update 3 (with some patches)
and things work just fine. Now, I''m a bit worried about reboot times
due to the number of exported filesystems and I''m thinking of
installing some version of Nevada instead. What''s other
people''s experience? I assume just going to Update 4 will not be
enought since that one doesn''t contain the in-kernel sharetab and
stuff.

I''m going to move about 600 of those filesystems off that machine in
the near future, and I think I could (if forced) group another 600 of those
together into one single filesystem.

Suggestions? Or is it no big deal (I''m thinking about the test report
when you would see more than a week boot-time with many filesystems)?

Hmm.. Now that I come thinking about that we have another server (located at the
computer club here) that boots just fine with 1582 entries in /etc/dfs/sharetab,
and that''s a *much* slower server (Sun Enterprise 450). (Also ZFS
backed storage).
 
 
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