multiple mount points for same nfs export

[Kirk Reindl]

Hi,

Is it possible, without causing a system hang or other problem, for one exported filesystem (from server A) to have two different mount points on a different server (server B)? Please look at this excerpt from my /etc/fstab file:

ccchpc07.pds:/for_conv /for_conv nfs defaults 0 2

ccchpc07.pds:/for_conv /cacsdata nfs soft,bg 0 0

If there are any downsides please note them.

[John Dvorchak]

Other than the extra overhead of the second nfs mount. What we do here is to create a symbolic link to the mounted file system.

[S.K. Chan]

I seldom see this kind of NFS setup. NFS overhead is a good enough reason for you not to do this. You may want to consider implementing automounter, it's perfect for your needs (ie multiple mount points to a single exported FS) plus automounter (AutoFS) is an "on-demand" mounting (ie mount it when needed and automatically umount it when not).

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Hi,
yes it's very well possible.
but best option is mount on one place and use symbolic link to other place.
Sunil