https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979958#M121963 We've used links quite a bit for this kind of thing and have had no problems. One note though - pay close attention to the attributes and ownerships of the link that you create. Thu, 22 May 2003 16:28:26 GMT Mike Miller_8 2003-05-22T16:28:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979953#M121958 We are currently moving two systems from one datacenter to another. Right now all of the external disk logical volumes are mounted off of the / filesystem (e.g. /m008). For obviuos reasons we would like to move the mounts but we are going to have a lot of issues with customized scripts etc that will need to be re-written. Would there be a performance impact to disk i/o if we put a link at /m008 that went to /var/opt/xxx/xxxx.... Our project has an impossible timeline and no budget (what's new) and we are looking for a workable temporary solution. All replies appreciated...Thanks. Thu, 22 May 2003 15:01:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979953#M121958 Scott E Smith 2003-05-22T15:01:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979954#M121959 Hi:<BR /><BR />A symbolic link will not cost anything in performance. It's a very appropriate solution.<BR /><BR />Regards!<BR /><BR />...JRF... Thu, 22 May 2003 15:02:35 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979954#M121959 James R. Ferguson 2003-05-22T15:02:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979955#M121960 are the logical volumes in a seperate volume group? if so then there is no need to move them. if the logical volumes are directly off / then yes, I would recommend moving them to a different mount point or just create a different volume group and keep the mount point the same. - this way yours scripts won't be affected Thu, 22 May 2003 15:04:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979955#M121960 John Meissner 2003-05-22T15:04:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979956#M121961 James... you're too fast... this was the second time you beat me today. Thu, 22 May 2003 15:06:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979956#M121961 John Meissner 2003-05-22T15:06:02Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979957#M121962 As a "workable temporary solution" yes the sym link makes sense. In the long run having too many sym link will impact the performance in general, not significant though. I usually shy away from having to create sym link unless it takes major resources to update the application scripts/programs.<BR />my $0.02 Thu, 22 May 2003 15:10:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979957#M121962 S.K. Chan 2003-05-22T15:10:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979958#M121963 We've used links quite a bit for this kind of thing and have had no problems. One note though - pay close attention to the attributes and ownerships of the link that you create. Thu, 22 May 2003 16:28:26 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979958#M121963 Mike Miller_8 2003-05-22T16:28:26Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979959#M121964 Scott,<BR /><BR />There will be no performance issue at all with your mountpoint approach. You can in fact make this a permanent solution if you wish.<BR /><BR />Hai Thu, 22 May 2003 16:35:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/disk-mount-points/m-p/2979959#M121964 Hai Nguyen_1 2003-05-22T16:35:20Z