From: "Randy Paries" Subject: I feel stupid just asking this question Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:52:55 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0017_01C432B0.A68D2F80" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLSS0-0004Hp-Sb for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 05 May 2004 12:53:04 -0700 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101] helo=smtp2.knology.net) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BLSS0-00006E-6d for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 05 May 2004 12:53:04 -0700 To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C432B0.A68D2F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Please excuse this question, but i really would like to understand this. I am deciding on how many nfsd's to run. All the doc talks about how many clients. here is my question. What is a client? Is one mount point one client? (ie: if i have one server that mounts a nfs drive) or if i have one mount point and many processes on the client box assessing this mount point, is each process that needs access to the files on the nfs file a client? I hope this question makes sense. thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C432B0.A68D2F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

Please = excuse this=20 question, but i really would like to understand = this.

I am = deciding on how=20 many nfsd's to run.

All = the doc talks=20 about how many clients.

here = is my question.=20

What = is a=20 client?

Is one = mount point=20 one client? (ie: if i have one server that mounts a nfs drive) or = if i have=20 one mount point and many processes on the client box assessing this = mount point,=20 is each process that needs access to the files on the nfs file a=20 client?

I hope = this question=20 makes sense.

thanks

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