Quick performance question

[Jerry Feldman]

On 08/09/2010 11:20 AM, Ian Levesque wrote:
> On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> Is the Linux kernel smart enough to recognize that <nfs server name> i=
s
>> really the local host, and not send the bits out to the interface. I'm=

>> almost certain that the bits never go out on the network, but I just
>> want to confirm it.
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> You should see local NFS exports "bind" mounted on the server when you =
perform a mount, i.e.,
>
> /DATA/export on /nfs/mountpoint type none (rw,bind)
>
> With a bind mount, not only do you have the benefit of not going out to=
 the network, you actually bypass the network stack altogether and can co=
nsider the mount as a local FS.
>
>  =20
I decided to use symlinks since all the data is going onto another
server in the long run. Certainly bind mounts would work also.

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